What, After All, Is a Work of Art?: Lectures in the Philosophy of Art

by Joseph Margolis

Book Overview

What, After All, Is a Work of Art? directs our attention toward historicity, the inherent historied nature of thinking, and the artifactual, culturally emergent nature of both art and human selves. While these are familiar themes in Margolis's well-known studies of art and culture, they are largely neglected in English-language aesthetics and even philosophy in general.

Margolis brings these primary themes to bear on a number of strategically...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271018666
• ISBN13: 9780271018669
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"