What Is Art?

The Question of Definition Reloaded
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-90-04-36141-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 88 Seiten, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 152 g

Reihe: Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences / Brill Research Perspectives in Art and Law

‘What is art?’ is one of the classic questions that philosophy has addressed over the ages, from the ancients to today. Taking as its starting point debates over the various definitions of art found in history, this article presents and discusses some of the major theories offered by both the analytic and continental traditions. It then looks at the theoretical reasons that led twentieth-century philosophy to reopen the question of definition, and in many cases inquire into the ontology of art itself. Finally, a series of considerations are addressed to help shift the problem of definition onto a new plane, one that is able to respond to the challenges of the performing and participatory arts, which more than any other form of art present particularly unconventional ontologies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Andina, Tiziana

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunsttheorie, Kunstphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

What is Art? The Question of Definition Reloaded
Tiziana Andina
Abstract
Keywords
1 The Problem of Definition: Classical Questions
2 Metaphysical Issues: The Transfiguration of a Box
3 Theories
4 What a Work of Art Is
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Tiziana Andina is Associate professor of Philosophy at the University of Turin. She has published monographs and many articles on philosophy of art and aesthetics including The Philosophy of Art: The Question of Definition from Hegel to Post-Dantian Theories (Bloomsbury, 2013).