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Art and Posthistory: Conversations on the End of Aesthetics (Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts) by Arthur Coleman Danto; Demetrio Paparoni; Barry Schwabsky is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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From the 1990s until just before his death, the legendary art critic and philosopher Arthur C. Danto carried out extended conversations about contemporary art with the prominent Italian critic Demetrio Paparoni. Their discussions ranged widely over a vast range of topics, from American pop art and minimalism to abstraction and appropriationism. Yet they continually returned to the concepts at the core of Danto's thinking—posthistory and the end of aesthetics—provocative notions that to this day shape questions about the meaning and future of contemporary art. __Art and Posthistory__ presents these rich dialogues and correspondence, testifying to the ongoing importance of Danto's ideas. It offers readers the opportunity to experience the intellectual excitement of Danto in person, speculating in a freewheeling yet erudite style. Danto and Paparoni discuss figures such as Andy Warhol, Marcel Duchamp, Franz Kline, Sean Scully, Clement Greenberg, Cindy Sherman, and Wang Guangyi, offering both insightful comments on individual works and sweeping observations about wider issues. On occasion, the artist Mimmo Paladino and the philosopher Mario Perniola join the conversation, enlivening th
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- Author
- Arthur Coleman Danto; Demetrio Paparoni; Barry Schwabsky
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780231204767
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Art, Philosophy, History
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