This Volume illuminates the notion of meaning in the arts-in literature, painting, music, and dance. Specific topics include theory in the arts, interpretations of meaning, objectivity in meaning, and the consumer as a participant in art.Brings together articles from prominent philosophers and practitioners of the arts, which illuminate the notion of meaning in the arts. Addresses meaning in literature, painting, music, and dance. Explores the relationship between authorial intentions and the viewer's interpretation of meaning, the possibility (or impossibility) of objective meaning, and the role of the consumer as a participant in the work of art.