Lecture Notes on Aesthetics

In the 1980s, Yi Zhongtian taught aesthetics at Wuhan University. At Wuhan University, which is famous for its freedom, his wonderful lectures attracted students from all departments to come and listen, and they lingered around, eventually becoming a hard-to-find legend. "Lecture Notes on Aesthetics" is a collection of lecture notes from this legendary course. It is written based on Yi Zhongtian's many years of teaching experience and real-life classroom situations. While retaining the humorous spoken language, it also adds a large number of margin notes. The system is well organized and the views are unique. It has the characteristics of a monograph, a textbook, and a lecture. It is fascinating and can be read and appreciated by the majority of literature, art and aesthetics lovers. At the back of the book are "An Outline of the History of Western Classical Aesthetics", "An Outline of the History of Chinese Classical Aesthetics" and "An Outline of the History of Modern Western Aesthetics", which are actually three condensed histories of aesthetics and three aesthetic maps with clear context. Compared with the aesthetic works of other masters such as Zhu Guangqian, Zong Baihua, Ye Lang, etc., "Lectures on Aesthetics" is more comprehensive because it was written later; it is more organized because it is aimed at college students; it is a classroom record, so it is especially easy to understand.