
Art and Posthistory
Conversations on the End of Aesthetics
Columbia University Press
Published on 9. August 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-231-20477-4 (ISBN)
Description
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 the discussion and adding their own perspectives.
The book also features an introductory essay by Paparoni that provides lucid analysis of Danto's thinking, emphasizing where the two disagree as well as what they learned from each other.
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 the discussion and adding their own perspectives.
The book also features an introductory essay by Paparoni that provides lucid analysis of Danto's thinking, emphasizing where the two disagree as well as what they learned from each other.
Reviews / Votes
This book's dialogue between the greatest American philosopher of art and his distinguished Italian colleague presents a great deal of previously unpublished information, much of the highest value. You will find here vital details about the aesthetic theory and art criticism of Arthur Danto. -- David Carrier, author of <i>Proust/Warhol: Analytical Philosophy of Art</i> The book is best for those who are Danto 'completionists' and those interested in Danto on philosophy of art qua art criticism. The preliminary essays are the most philosophically bountiful. * British Journal of Aesthetics * Serve[s] as an effective introduction to Danto's work for those unfamiliar with it and a fine coda to his career for the more well-versed reader. * European Legacy *More details
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-231-20477-4 (9780231204774)
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Persons
Arthur C. Danto (1924-2013) was Johnsonian Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Columbia University and the longtime art critic for the Nation. His Columbia University Press books include Nietzsche as Philosopher, Narration and Knowledge, and The Philosophical Disenfranchisement of Art. Perhaps the most influential philosopher of art of the second half of the twentieth century, Danto is acclaimed for developing the concept of the "artworld" and for seeing in the work of Warhol and others the "end of art."
Demetrio Paparoni is a critic, curator, and writer who has taught at the University of Catania. He is the art critic of the Italian newspaper Domani. Paparoni founded the magazine Tema Celeste and the publishing house of the same name, and he has curated a number of major exhibitions. His previous books include The Devil: A Visual History (2019).
Barry Schwabsky is the art critic for the Nation.
Demetrio Paparoni is a critic, curator, and writer who has taught at the University of Catania. He is the art critic of the Italian newspaper Domani. Paparoni founded the magazine Tema Celeste and the publishing house of the same name, and he has curated a number of major exhibitions. His previous books include The Devil: A Visual History (2019).
Barry Schwabsky is the art critic for the Nation.
Content
Foreword, by Barry Schwabsky
Preface
In Judy's Bedroom
1. History and Posthistory (1995)
2. Style, Narration, and Posthistory (1998)
3. The Angelic vs. the Monstrous (1998)
4. Art Criticism as Analytic Philosophy (2012)
Notes
Index
Preface
In Judy's Bedroom
1. History and Posthistory (1995)
2. Style, Narration, and Posthistory (1998)
3. The Angelic vs. the Monstrous (1998)
4. Art Criticism as Analytic Philosophy (2012)
Notes
Index