As is the case with all of Michael’s books, the reader gets a well-rounded education in many fields of knowledge. In order to understand art, you must also understand some philosophy, which is why the book starts with Plato and Aristotle. But don’t worry. Michael gives what you need to know about these two Greek philosophies in order to see how they affect our understanding of art. It is no coincidence that, as almost everything else divides with Plato on one side and Aristotle on the other, from the get-go the understanding of art begins with the dichotomy dictated by these two disparate philosophies….