Philosophizing Art: Selected Essays

by Arthur C. Danto

Book Overview

Arthur Danto's work has always affirmed a deep relationship between philosophy and art. These essays explore this relationship through a number of concrete cases in which either artists are driven by philosophical agendas or their art is seen as solving philosophical problems in visual terms. The essays cover a varied terrain, with subjects including Giotto's use of olfactory data in The Raising of Lazarus; chairs in art and chairs as art;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520229061
• ISBN13: 9780520229068
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"