Cynthia Freeland

Not to be confused with Cynthia Frelund.

Cynthia A. Freeland (born 1951) is an American philosopher of art. She has published three monographs, over two dozen articles, and edited several books. She is emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Houston. She was the president of the American Society of Aesthetics until 2017. She has been awarded a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities in 2003 for a research project on Fakes and Forgeries.[1] Her book But is it Art? (2001) has been translated into fourteen languages and was republished as part of the Oxford Very Short Introductions series.[2] She talked about her book Portraits&Persons with Nigel Warburton on the Philosophy Bites podcast.[3] She was interviewed by Hans Maes for the book Conversations on Art and Aesthetics (2017) which includes a photograph of her by American photographer Steve Pyke.[4][5]

  1. ^ "NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES GRANTS December 2002" (PDF). National Endowments for the Humanities. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  2. ^ Freeland, Cynthia (2003-02-13). Art Theory: A Very Short Introduction. Very Short Introductions. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780192804631.
  3. ^ "Cynthia Freeland on Portraits". philosophy bites. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
  4. ^ Conversations on Art and Aesthetics. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. 2017-07-25. ISBN 9780199686100.
  5. ^ "Cynthia Freeland – Conversations on Art and Aesthetics". Retrieved 2019-04-20.