Painting as an Art (A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts, 1984)In Painting as an Art, which began as the 1984 Andrew Mellon Lectures at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D. C., philosopher Richard Wollheim transcended the boundaries and habits of both philosophy and art history to produce a large, encompassing vision of viewing art. Wollheim had three great passions philosophy, psychology, art and his work attempted to unify them into a theory of the experience of art. He believed that unlocking the