"Ways of Seeing" By John Berger was considered the thing when I was at art college at the end of the 20th century. I can't remember much about it, but it was thought-provoking at the time.
ABE: if you look on wikipedia it links to an "online version" apparently, but I can't check it out on this particular (bronze-age) computer.
I have often hankered after a chat forum about art or the philosophy of art which would allow me to discuss the topic and my bugbears as EvC allows me to participate in sciencey stuff. However, I have never been able to find one. You haven't seen anything like this by any chance, have you?