Definitions of Art: The (Life)Styles of Lou Andreas-Salom

by Stephen Davies and Stephen Davies

Book Overview

In the last thirty years, work in analytic philosophy of art has flourished, and it has given rise to considerably controversy. Stephen Davies describes and analyzes the definition of art as it has been discussed in Anglo-American philosophy during this period and, in the process, introduces his own perspective on ways in which we should reorient our thinking.Davies conceives of the debate as revealing two basic, conflicting approaches--the functional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801497949
• ISBN13: 9780801497940
• Release Date: May 1991
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.6"