The Power of Art

by Markus Gabriel

Book Overview

We live in an era of aesthetics. Art has become both pervasive and powerful - it is displayed not only in museums and galleries but also on the walls of corporations and it is increasingly fused with design. But what makes art so powerful, and in what does its power consist?

According to a widespread view, the power of art - its beauty - lies in the eye of the beholder. What counts as art appears to be a function of individual acts of evaluation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509540962
• ISBN13: 9781509540969
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.7"