The Philosophy of Art [2 ed.] 9781119091776, 9781119091653

Now available in a fully revised and updated second edition, this accessible and insightful introduction outlines the ce

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The Philosophy of Art [2 ed.]
9781119091776, 9781119091653

A. L. Frothingham, one of the founding fathers of Art History as a discipline, answers the question “What is Art?”

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Take a second look at the cover of this book—this time, turn it upside down. The title, Wordplay, is an ambigram, which

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In Art of the Ordinary, Deming brings together the arts, philosophy, and psychology in new and compelling ways so as to

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Wang Guangyi, one of the stars of the new wave of Chinese art, has artistically addressed major philosophical trends in

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Maps out the practice of fictioning as a new field of study for art and philosophy Fictioning in art is an open-ended,

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The essays in The Insistence of Art suggest ways in which the artworks and practices of the early modern period show the

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Take a second look at the cover of this book—this time, turn it upside down. The title, Wordplay, is an ambigram, which

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François Laruelle emerged from the hallowed generation of French postwar philosophers that included luminaries such as J

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Foucault’s Philosophy of Art: A Genealogy of Modernity tells the story of how art shed the tasks with which it had tradi

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