Books by Julie N. Books

In What Is Film?, Julie N. Books critically evaluates three philosophical doctrines of film realism (transparency, illusionism, and perceptual realism) and defends her view that films are creative works of art.

An analysis of Immanuel Kant's aesthetics in his Critique of Judgment. It explains why Kant fails to provide a convincing basis for his desired necessity and universality of our aesthetic judgments about beauty. It uses examples from the history of art, including paintings by Michelangelo, Caravaggio, and Constable, to support the author's views.