The nature and scope of Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics. History of Art and Aesthetics-- Western and Eastern. Aesthetic Theories of Kant and Hegel. Enlightenment and Modernism.
Modern Aesthetic theories: Expressionism, Impressionism, Representational realism, Marxism, Dadaism, Cubism: Concepts – Beauty, Sublime, Representation , appreciation, objectivity and subjectivity. Post-Modern Aesthetics. Art and Aesthetics--Eastern, Hindu, Buddhist, Japanese, Barathamuni, Kumaraswamy, Tagore, Sri lankan Art, Poetry, Music, Dance, Sculpture, Solius Mendis, Sarlis, Keat.
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| 1. Robert Treat Paine, Alexander Soper,1960, The Art and Architecture of Japan, penguin book. | |
| 2. Theodor Adonrno, Max Horkheimer, 1969, Dialectic of Enlightenment, Lowe & Brydone Printers. | |
| 3. Robert E. Fisher, 1993, Buddhist Art and Architecture, Thames and Hudson. | |
| 4. ගම්ලත් එස්. 1998. සෞන්දර්ය විද්යාවේ ඉතිහාසය. එස්. ගොඩගේ. | |
| 5. සුරවීර. ඒ. වී. කලාව යනු කුමක්ද. | |
| 6. ගම්ලත් එස්. සහ බාලසූරිය. 1986. කල්පනා ලෝකවාදය. සාහිත්ය කලා මාක්ස්වාදය - චතුර ප්රකාශන. | |
| 7. විජේගුණසිංහ පී. 1982. සාහිත්ය භෞතිකවාදී අධ්යයනයක්. සංනිවේදන ප්රකාශන. |