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ISBN-10 :  0300195118 

ISBN-13 :  9780300195118

Author:  Arthur C. Danto 

What is it to be a work of art? Renowned author and critic Arthur C. Danto addresses this fundamental, complex question. Part philosophical monograph and part memoiristic meditation, What Art Is challenges the popular interpretation that art is an indefinable concept, instead bringing to light the properties that constitute universal meaning. Danto argues that despite varied approaches, a work of art is always defined by two essential criteria: meaning and embodiment, as well as one additional criterion contributed by the viewer: interpretation. Danto crafts his argument in an accessible manner that engages with both philosophy and art across genres and eras, beginning with Plato’s definition of art in The Republic, and continuing through the progress of art as a series of discoveries, including such innovations as perspective, chiaroscuro, and physiognomy. Danto concludes with a fascinating discussion of Andy Warhol’s famous shipping cartons, which are visually indistinguishable from the everyday objects they represent.

What Art Is 1st Table of contents:

One: Wakeful Dreams
Two: Restoration and Meaning
Three: The Body in Philosophy and Art
Four: The End of the Contest: The Paragone Between Painting and Photography
Five: Kant and the Work of Art
Six: The Future of Aesthetics

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