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The Transfiguration of the Commonplace: A Philosophy of Art

By Arthur C. Danto

Book information

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
1983
ISBN
0674903463, 9780674903463, 0674903455, 9780674903456
LCC
BH39 .D36
Open Library ID
OL18314956M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
9 MB (9829734 bytes)
Pages
224\221
Time added
2011-04-20 14:05:05

Description

Mr. Danto argues that recent developments in the artworld, 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.

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