Philosophy and Conceptual Art

Zusatztext A healthy corrective to limited discussion can be had in Philosophy and Conceptual Art...many of the essays are illuminating and sophisticated...These artists smartly articulate a symbiosis or thorough melding of making and thinking, artistic practice and discursive critique. Klappentext Fourteen prominent analytic philosophers engage with the philosophical puzzles raised by conceptual art: What kind of art is conceptual art? What follows from the fact that conceptual art does not aim to have aesthetic value? What knowledge or understanding can we gain from conceptual art? How ought we to appreciate conceptual art? Zusammenfassung Fourteen prominent analytic philosophers engage with the philosophical puzzles raised by conceptual art: What kind of art is conceptual art? What follows from the fact that conceptual art does not aim to have aesthetic value? What knowledge or understanding can we gain from conceptual art? How ought we to appreciate conceptual art?

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• Authors: Peter Goldie, Peter (University of Manchester) Schelleke Goldie, Peter Schellekens Goldie
• Assisted by: Peter Goldie (Editor), Goldie Peter (Editor), Elisabeth Schellekens (Editor), Schellekens Elisabeth (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.03.2007
• EAN: 9780199285556
• ISBN: 978-0-19-928555-6
• No. of pages: 308
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Antiques; Ästhetik, Kunstgeschichte, Zweite Hälfte 20. Jahrhundert (1950 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Kunsttheorie, Konzeptualismus, Theory of art, PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, ART / History / General, Philosophy of Mind, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, ART / Criticism & Theory, History of Art, Philosophy: aesthetics, Art & Design Styles: Conceptual Art, Conceptualism