Art rethought. The social practices of art / Nicholas Wolterstorff.
Art rethought. The social practices of art / Nicholas Wolterstorff.
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Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
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G 2016/2187
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English
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Physical content
xvi, 331 pages ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Part one : The grand narrative of art in the modern world -- The Early Modern revolution in the arts -- Why the revolution? -- The grand narrative and the grand narrative theses -- Wherein lies the worth of disinterested attention? -- Art, religion, and the grand narrative -- Part two : Why the gran...
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Publisher
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2015.
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Summary
Human beings engage works of the arts in many different ways: they sing songs while working, they kiss icons, they create and dedicate memorials. Yet almost all philosophers of art of the modern period have ignored this variety and focused entirely on just one mode of engagement, namely, disinterested attention. In the first part of the book Nichol...
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Art rethought. The social practices of art / Nicholas Wolterstorff.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2016/2187
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74VKVP04b5XM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVP04b5XM
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ISBN
0198747756
9780198747758
DDC
700.1/03
MMS ID
991023996217002626
