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Art as Performance (New Directions in Aesthetics) by Davies, Dave is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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<p><p>in This Wide-ranging And Challenging Book, David Davies Elaborates And Defends A Broad Conceptual Framework For Thinking About The Arts That Reveals Important Continuities And Discontinuities Between Traditional And Modern Art, And Between Different Artistic Disciplines. The Centerpiece Is A Novel And Provocative View About The Kinds Of Things That Artworks Are, With Important Consequences For How They Are To Be Understood.<p> Beginning With A Lively Discussion Of The Difficulties That Audiences Experience In Their Attempts To Grasp And Appreciate Much Modern And Contemporary Art, Davies Continues With Illuminating Considerations Of Important And Influential Works From A Broad Range Of Artistic Media &#8211; Including Painting, Music, Literature, Film, Performance, And Dance &#8211; Steadily Mounting A Bold And Persuasive Theory Of The Arts Which Construes Artworks As Performances. Replete With Examples Drawn From Both Modern And Traditional Art, The Book Highlights Core Topics In Aesthetics And Art Theory, Including Traditional Theories About The Nature Of Art, Aesthetic Appreciation, Artistic Intentions, Performance, And Artistic Meaning.</p>

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Author

Davies, Dave

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Limited

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9781405116671

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Philosophy, Art, Humanities