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The Transfiguration of the Commonplace: A Philosophy of Art

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Availability:In StockContributor:Arthur C. DantoPublish date:1983-03-15Pages:224
Language:EnglishPublisher:Harvard University PressISBN-13:9780674903463ISBN-10:674903463UPC:9780674903463Book Category:PhilosophyBook Subcategory:MetaphysicsSize:8.24 x 5.55 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.5908Product ID:SCKZEX4FGQ

Arthur C. Danto argues that recent developments in the art world, in particular the production of works of art that cannot be told from ordinary things, make urgent the need for a new theory of art and make plain the factors such a theory can and cannot involve. In the course of constructing such a theory, he seeks to demonstrate the relationship between philosophy and art, as well as the connections that hold between art and social institutions and art history.

The book distinguishes what belongs to artistic theory from what has traditionally been confused with it, namely aesthetic theory and offers as well a systematic account of metaphor, expression, and style, together with an original account of artistic representation. A wealth of examples, drawn especially from recent and contemporary art, illuminate the argument.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Harvard University PressISBN-13:9780674903463ISBN-10:674903463UPC:9780674903463Book Category:PhilosophyBook Subcategory:MetaphysicsSize:8.24 x 5.55 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.5908Product ID:SCKZEX4FGQ
Danto, Arthur C.: - Arthur C. Danto was Johnsonian Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University.
Publisher: Harvard University Press

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