Preface/Reference List

introduction
1.
Art: A History of Concepts
2.
Art: A History of Classification
3.
Art: The Relationship Between Art and Poetry
4.
Beauty: A History of the Concept
5.
US: A History of Categories
6.
US: The Debate Between Objectivism and Subjectivism
7.
Format: A history of one term and five concepts
8.
Creativity: A History of the Concept
9.
Mimesis: The Relationship Between Art and Reality
10.
Mimesis: The Relationship Between Art and Nature, Art and Truth
11.
Aesthetic Experience: A History of the Concept

conclusion
Translator's Note/References/Bibliography

This book is a must-read in the field of aesthetics, covering the history of aesthetic problems, concepts, and theories from ancient times to the present.
Through major sources, it provides an encyclopedic account of six key aesthetic concepts: art, beauty, form, creativity, mimesis, and aesthetic experience.
〈A History of Six Ideas〉 is a book that deals with the history of terms, concepts, and theories of the six most important topics in aesthetics: art, beauty, form, creativity, mimesis, and aesthetic experience.
The history of these six fundamental concepts is full of controversy and change.
Every time a concept seems to have taken hold, the terminology has changed.
This book, which systematically and clearly organizes the history of these debates and changes, is a fundamental and very important text for understanding aesthetics.

The history of aesthetics, like the history of other disciplines, has been developed in two directions.
In other words, the history of the people who created the field of study is one direction, and the history of the problems raised and solved during the research is the other direction.
This book focuses on the latter, expanding the discussion of the history of concepts from ancient times to the 20th century.
This book is a must-read in aesthetics that most aesthetics students read and use as a lecture text.

This book was published by Mijinsa in 1990 under the same translator's name and was read by many readers. Since then, it has been published by various publishers, including Theory and Practice and Yeolhwadang.
This proves the value and authority of this book.
The translator moved to a new publisher after nearly 10 years and signed a formal copyright contract, partially
〈A History of Six Ideas, a History of Basic Concepts in Aesthetics〉, published by Art and Culture after a revision of the original text, is the only work protected in Korea under the new Copyright Act.