 Art as Experience forms a systematic aesthetic theory in a similar sense to such classics of twentieth century aesthetics as Robin George Collingwood’s Principles of Art, Martin Heidegger’s The Origins of the Work of Art, Theodor Adorno’s Aesthetic Theory, and Monroe Beardsley’s Aesthetics: Problems in the Philosophy of Criticism. It is a far more important source of inspiration and target of criticism compared to Dewey’s earlier texts. The following six sections take a look at the main themes of Art as Experience, all of which are, in some way or another, connected to aesthetic experience.