A Theory of Art

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Hardcover
1999
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The philosophical theory of art has three main objectives: to shift the focus of aesthetics from the question What is art? to the question What is art for? ; to describe the social and historical situation of art; and to combine aesthetics with poetics and hermeneutics. This book offers an argument that music exemplifies the condition of art.

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The philosophical theory of art has three main objectives: to shift the focus of aesthetics from the question "What is art?" to the question "What is art for?"; to describe the social and historical situation of art; and to combine aesthetics with poetics and hermeneutics. This book offers an argument that music exemplifies the condition of art.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Publisher: OUP USA
Published: 16 Dec 1999
ISBN 10: 0195128605
ISBN 13: 9780195128604

A Theory of Art

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$256.05

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$256.05

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