Philosophizing Art

Selected Essays

By: Arthur C. Danto

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Paperback | 6 April 2001 | Edition Number 1

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Arthur Danto's work has always affirmed a deep relationship between philosophy and art. These essays explore this relationship through a number of concrete cases in which either artists are driven by philosophical agendas or their art is seen as solving philosophical problems in visual terms. The essays cover a varied terrain, with subjects including Giotto's use of olfactory data in The Raising of Lazarus; chairs in art and chairs as art; Mel Bochner's Wittgenstein drawings; the work of Robert Motherwell, Andy Warhol, and Robert Irwin; Louis Kahn as "Archai-Tekt"; and visual truth in film. Also featured are a meditation on the battle of Gettysburg; and a celebration of the Japanese artist Shiko Munakata, an essay that is partly autobiographical.

Arthur C. Danto is one of the most original and multitalented philosophers writing today, a thinker whose interests traverse the boundaries of traditional understandings of philosophy. Best known for his contributions to the philosophy of art and aesthetics, Danto is also esteemed for his work in the history of philosophy, the philosophy of history, philosophical psychology, and action theory. These two volumes, each with an introduction by the author, contain essays spanning more than twenty-five years that have been selected to highlight the inseparability of philosophy and art in Danto's work. Together they present the thinking of Arthur C. Danto at his very best.

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"A challenge to the philosophical mind. Highly recommended for those who love to ponder and be provoked aesthetically." - I. Spalatin, Choice"

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Non-Fiction Philosophy History of Western Philosophy Arts & Entertainment History of Art & Design Styles Art from 1900 to Current Art from 1960 Conceptual Art General Issues in Art Theory of Art Social & Political Philosophy

Preface	p. ix
Introduction: Philosophy and Contemporary Art	p. 1
The "Original Creative Principle": Motherwell and Psychic Automatism	p. 13
Art-in-Response	p. 39
The Philosopher as Andy Warhol	p. 61
Illustrating a Philosophical Text: Mel Bochner's Wittgenstein Drawings	p. 84
Giotto and the Stench of Lazarus	p. 106
Postmodern Art and Concrete Selves: The Model of the Jewish Museum	p. 123
The Seat of the Soul: Three Chairs	p. 144
Munakata in New York: A Memory of the 1950s	p. 164
Louis Kahn as Archai-Tekt	p. 185
Moving Pictures	p. 205
Gettysburg	p. 233
Art and Taxpayers	p. 251
Art and the Discourse of Nations	p. 254
Index	p. 259
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