The Great Debate about Art

by Roy Harris and Dashka Slater

In this lucid and insightful essay, renowned linguist Roy Harris reflects on the early nineteenth-century doctrine of "art for art's sake." This was attacked by Proudhon and Nietzsche, but defended by Th ophile Gautier and E. M. Forster. It influenced movements as diverse as futurism and Dada. Over the past two centuries, three main positions have emerged. The "institutional" view declares art to be a status conferred upon certain works by the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0984201009
• ISBN13: 9780984201006
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Prickly Paradigm Press
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.4" x 6.9"