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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778581603321

Autore

Goldie Peter

Titolo

Who's Afraid of Conceptual Art? [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013

ISBN

1-135-23487-6

1-282-37703-5

9786612377037

0-203-86604-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (161 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SchellekensElisabeth

Disciplina

709.04075

Soggetti

Aesthetics

Art - Philosophy

Art -- Philosophy

Conceptual art

Conceptual art - Philosophy

Art

Visual Arts - General

Visual Arts

Art, Architecture & Applied Arts

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; List if illustrations; Preface; One The Challenge of Conceptual Art; Two The Definition and the Thing; Three Appreciating Conceptual Art; Four Aesthetics and Beyond; Five What's Left Once Aesthetic Appreciation Has Gone?; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

What is conceptual art? Is it really a kind of art in its own right? Is it clever - or too clever?Of all the different art forms it is perhaps conceptual art which at once fascinates and infuriates the most. In this much-needed book Peter Goldie and Elisabeth Schellekens demystify conceptual art using the sharp tools of philosophy. They explain how conceptual art is driven by ideas rather than the manipulation of paint and physical materials; how it challenges the very basis of what we can know about art, as well as our received ideas of beauty; and why



conceptual art requires us to