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Encounters and Reflections: Art in the Historical Present Book

Danto's absorbing essays probe the meaning and inspiration behind the work of some of the 20th century's most influential artists, including Georges Braque, Gustav Klimt, Robert Mapplethorpe, Pablo Picasso, Frank Stella, and Andy Warhol. Broader themes emerge within each essay. In his discussion of Warhol, for example, Danto declares, "[T]he significant art of this extraordinary period . . . has to be assessed as much on grounds of speculative theory as on those of aesthetic discrimination." He goes on to characterize the art of the 20th century as "a collective investigation by artists into the philosophical nature of art." Encounters & Reflections won a National Book Critics Circle Award in 1990.Read More

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  • Product Description

    In Encounters and Reflections, Danto broadens the debate on painting and sculpture in the late eighties to include not only major points on the map but also current assumptions about great masters. This work reveals an inspiring thinker at the peak of his powers.

  • 0374148198
  • 9780374148195
  • Arthur Coleman Danto
  • 1 May 1990
  • Farrar Straus Giroux
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 320
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