Depiction

References and further reading

	Gombrich, E.H. (1977) Art and Illusion, 5th edn, Oxford: Phaidon. (An influential and seminal work, deploying immense knowledge of art history, philosophy and psychology.)
	Goodman, N. (1969) Languages of Art, 2nd edn, Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Difficult, technical, but brilliant treatment of this and several other problems concerning the arts.)
	Goodman, N. and Elgin, C.Z. (1988) Reconceptions in Philosophy, London: Routledge. (Goodman’s later thoughts on the matter – and some useful replies to criticism.)
	Hopkins, R. (1995) ’Explaining Depiction’, Philosophical Review 104 (3): 425–55. (For more on the notion of outline shape, and its relevance to depiction; and for some sense of what other ingredients a complete account of the latter requires. Moderately difficult.)
	Peacocke, C. (1987) ‘Depiction’, Philosophical Review 96: 383–410. (A difficult attempt to put forward something very close to a resemblance view, and the source of the original gas example of §3.)
	Schier, F. (1986) Deeper Into Pictures, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (A fascinating full-length exploration of pictures, although sometimes moderately difficult.)
	Walton, K. (1990) Mimesis as Make-Believe, London: Harvard University Press. (A highly influential and readable account, rooted in a grand theory of representation.)
	Wollheim, R. (1977) ‘Representation: The Philosophical Contribution to Psychology’ Critical Inquiry 3 (4): 709–23. (A useful and non-technical introduction to the range of views available – although it has its axe to grind.)
	Wollheim, R. (1987) Painting As An Art, London: Thames & Hudson.