Art as PerformanceISBN: 978-1-4051-1667-1
Paperback
292 pages
December 2003, Wiley-Blackwell
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In this richly argued and provocative 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.
- Elaborates and defends a broad conceptual framework for
thinking about the arts.
- Offers a provocative view about the kinds of things that
artworks are and how they are to be understood.
- Reveals important continuities and discontinuities between
traditional and modern art.
- Highlights core topics in aesthetics and art theory, including traditional theories about the nature of art, aesthetic appreciation, artistic intentions, performance, and artistic meaning.