The Abuse of Beauty

The Abuse of Beauty
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Publisher : Open Court Publishing
Total Pages : 198
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ISBN-10 : 0812695402
ISBN-13 : 9780812695403
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Book Synopsis The Abuse of Beauty by : Arthur C. Danto

Download or read book The Abuse of Beauty written by Arthur C. Danto and published by Open Court Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading art critic and philosopher Arthur Danto here explains how the anti-beauty revolution was hatched, and how the modernist avant-garde dislodged beauty from its throne. Danto argues not only that the modernists were right to deny that beauty is vital to art, but also that beauty is essential to human life and need not always be excluded from art.


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