Unnatural Wonders: Essays from the Gap Between Art and Life

by Arthur C. Danto

Book Overview

Arthur C. Danto's essays not only critique bodies of work but reflect upon art's conceptual evolution as well, drawing for the reader a kind of "philosophical map" indicating how art and the criteria for judging it has changed over the twentieth century. In Unnatural Wonders the renowned critic finds himself at a point when contemporary art has become wholly pluralistic, even chaotic-with one medium as good as another-and when the moment...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231141157
• ISBN13: 9780231141154
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher