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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786221303321

Autore

Andina Tiziana

Titolo

The philosophy of art : the question of definition from Hegel to post-Dantian theories / / Tiziana Andina ; translated by Natalia Iacobelli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, , 2013

ISBN

1-4725-4592-3

1-4411-6278-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Bloomsbury studies in philosophy

Disciplina

111/.85

Soggetti

Aesthetics

Art - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: On the Philosophy of Art -- 1. The Twentieth Century and the Long History of the Imitative Theory -- 2. Definitions -- 3. On the Impossibility of Defining -- 4. Works of Art as Social and Historical Objects -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Names.

Sommario/riassunto

"Drawing on the philosophies of art developed by the continental authors and studies of Anglo-American philosophers, this book presents a panorama of the philosophy of art. It discusses definitions offered from the analytical school including Arthur Danto's representationalism, Dipert's theories of artefactualism, Dickie's institutional and procedural theories and Levinson's historical and cultural theories. From the continental theories it reflects on Hegel's notion of philosophy of art, Martin Heidegger's and Hans Georg Gadamer's hermeneutic tradition and Alexius Meinong's theory of objects. This range of definitions and theories are judged and defended using a form of representationalism that begins with the results of Arthur Danto's thinking and integrates the aesthetic reflection of the Baumgarten School. The result is not only a presentation of philosophy of art from the beginning of the twentieth century to present day, but a study that proposes a theory capable of synthesizing the finest contributions of the analytic and continental traditions."--Bloomsbury Publishing.