什么是艺术 英文原版 What Art is

作者： Danto, Arthur C.

原文出版社：Yale Univ Pr 出版日期：2014/03/11

語言：英文 ISBN：9780300205718

規格：平裝 / 12.7 x 19.1 x 1.3 cm / 普通級

本書分類：藝術設計> 藝術> 藝術總論與理論

內容簡介

Presents the author's thoughts on art, discussing the nature of art, the criteria which should be used in interpreting it, and the qualities which give a work of art universal meaning.

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. Throughout, Danto considers the contributions of philosophers including Descartes, Kant and Hegel, and artists from Michelangelo and Poussin to Duchamp and Warhol in this far-reaching examination of the interconnectivity and universality of aesthetic production.