The Classification of Visual Art: A Philosophical Myth and its History - Hardcover

Sutton, Tiffany

 
9780521772365: The Classification of Visual Art: A Philosophical Myth and its History
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0521772362 ISBN 13: 9780521772365
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2000

Synopsis

This book is an important contribution to the philosophy of art that bridges the disciplines of philosophy and art. It engages with a long-standing debate about what it is that bestows the designation 'art' on an artwork. Tiffany Sutton shows how the history of art should influence the classification of visual art. She considers the various theories that have been put forward to define the nature of the artwork and then offers her own set of classificatory norms. Amongst the critical questions that are addressed in the process are: how important is patronage in the contemporary visual arts, and what lends conceptual art its specific aura?

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Book Description

This book is an important contribution to the philosophy of art that bridges the disciplines of philosophy and art. Tiffany Sutton considers the various theories that have been put forward to define the nature of the artwork and then offers her own set of classificatory norms.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521772362
ISBN 13 
9780521772365
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
198

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