
Art and its Objects
Richard Wollheim(Author)
Cambridge University Press
2nd Edition
Published on 31. July 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-521-43778-3 (ISBN)
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Description
What defines a work of art and determines the way in which we respond to it? Richard Wollheim's classic reflection on art and its objects was written in the belief that the nature of art has to be understood simultaneously from the artist's and the spectator's viewpoint. In pursuit of this enquiry, Wollheim considers central questions regarding expression, representation, style, the significance of the artist's intention, and the essentially historical nature of art. Art and its Objects is printed here with six essays concerned with related theories of art, criticism, representation, perception and the nature of aesthetic value. This collection offers a stimulating and perceptive introduction to the questions and philosophical issues raised by works of art and the part they play in our culture and society.
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Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
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Dimensions
Height: 217 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
309 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-43778-3 (9780521437783)
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Richard Wollheim
Art and its Objects
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2nd Edition
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Content
Preface to the second edition; Art and its objects; Supplementary essays; 1. The Institutional theory of art; 2. Are the criteria of identity for works of art aesthetically relevant?; 3. A note on the physical object hypothesis; 4. Criticism of retrieval; 5. Seeing-as, seeing-in and pictorial representation; 6. Art and evaluation.