Danto argues that recent developments in art—in particular the production of works that cannot be told from ordinary things—make urgent the need... Læs mere
What is it to be a work of art? Part philosophical monograph and part memoiristic meditation, this book challenges the popular interpretation that art is an indefinable concept, instead bringing to light the properties that constitute universal meaning.
Originally delivered as the prestigious Mellon Lectures on the Fine Arts in 1995, After the End of Art remains a classic of... Læs mere
Arthur C. Danto has been increasingly concerned with the implications of the demise of modernism, and out of the wake of modernist art has... Læs mere
Arthur C. Danto traces the evolution of the concept of beauty during the 20th century and explores how it was removed from the definition of art.
A study of the philosophical problems associated with the concept of action. Professor Danto is concerned to isolate logically the notion of a 'basic action' and to... Læs mere
Arthur C. Danto has been increasingly concerned with the implications of the demise of modernism, and out of the wake of modernist art has... Læs mere