"It's sometimes difficult to know exactly what standard of measurement to use in evaluating a philosophical text the primary purpose of which is to introduce and illuminate other texts. By almost any standard, Noël Carroll's pragmatically titled Classics in Western Philosophy of Art measures up. The latest addition to the author's impressive roster of publications is a historically-oriented introduction to aesthetics--and more. Carroll deftly guides his readers through the writings of Plato, Aristotle, Hutcheson, Hume, Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Tolstoy, and Bell, making a powerful case along the way for the enduring legacy of each in the philosophy of art. Carroll's book is a useful, accessible, and rich engagement with the themes and arguments of these classic texts which also initiates a meaningful meta-debate concerning the telos of philosophical aesthetics." --Jason Miller, in Journal of Aesthetic Education.