The Abuse of Beauty: Aesthetics and the Concept of Art by Danto, Arthur C.

The Abuse of Beauty: Aesthetics and the Concept of Art

Danto simply and entertainingly traces the evolution of the concept of beauty over the past century and...
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The Abuse of Beauty: Aesthetics and the Concept of Art by Danto, Arthur C.

The Abuse of Beauty: Aesthetics and the Concept of Art

$56.50

The Abuse of Beauty: Aesthetics and the Concept of Art

$56.50
Author: Arthur C. Danto
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Danto simply and entertainingly traces the evolution of the concept of beauty over the past century and explores how it was removed from the definition of art. Beauty then came to be regarded as a serious aesthetic crime, whereas a hundred years ago it was almost unanimously considered the supreme purpose of art. Beauty is not, and should not be, the be-all and end-all of art, but it has an important place, and is not something to be avoided.
Danto draws eruditely upon the thoughts of artists and critics such as Rimbaud, Fry, Matisse, the Dadaists, Duchamp, and Greenberg, as well as on that of philosophers like Hume, Kant, and Hegel. Danto agrees with the dethroning of beauty as the essence of art, and maintains with telling examples that most art is not, in fact, beautiful. He argues, however, for the partial rehabilitation of beauty and the removal of any critical taboo against beauty. Beauty is one among the many modes through which thoughts are presented to human sensibility in art: disgust, horror, sublimity, and sexuality being among other such modes.


Author: Arthur C. Danto
Publisher: Open Court
Published: 06/06/2003
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780812695403


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/26/2003 pg. 63
Library Journal 08/01/2003 pg. 76

About the Author
Arthur C. Danto is Johnsonian Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Columbia University. He is the art critic for The Nation and author of more than 20 books.

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