A Companion to Art Theory

Of the great philosophers none gives more central importance to art or creative thinking than Friedrich Nietzsche. In the late writings posthumously published as The Will to Power (1901) Nietzsche describes art with characteristic dramatic intensity, as: “the great means of making life possible”. Michael White, lecturer on twentieth century art and architecture at the University of York, quotes from The Will to Power in an epigraph to his contribution here entitled Nietzsche and the Artist. White is among 41 contributors to this hefty volume; the majority of whom are also affiliated to academic institutions in the UK. Their new...