Defining Art, Creating the Canon: Artistic Value in an Era of Doubt
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What is art; why should we value it; and what allows us to say that one work is better than another? Traditional answers have emphasized aesthetic form. But this has been challenged by institutional definitions of art and postmodern critique. The idea of distinctively artistic value based on aesthetic criteria is at best doubted, and at worst, rejected. This book, however, champions the traditional notions. It restores the mimetic definition...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0199698589
ISBN13:9780199698585
Release Date:January 2012
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:276 Pages
Weight:0.88 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"
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