Arthur Danto
Columbia University, Author of After the End of Art
Book Recommendations:
Recommended by Arthur Danto
“So many of the questions that define us as a culture have been raised through and by the art of recent decades, that without coming to terms with our art, we can scarcely understand ourselves. Cynthia Freeland has written a very smart book, in which high philosophical intelligence is applied to difficult questions raised by real works of art. It immediately situates the reader where thought and action meet, and since the issues are inescapable, it should be required reading for everyone. I know of no work that moves so swiftly and with so sure a footing through the battle zones of art and society today.” (from Amazon)
by Cynthia Freeland·You?
by Cynthia Freeland·You?
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