A Companion to Arthur C. Danto paints a detailed portrait of one the most significant figures in twentieth-century philosophy and art criticism, offering unparalleled coverage of all aspects of Danto's writings, artworks, and thought. Edited by two long-time colleagues of Arthur Danto, this interdisciplinary resource presents more than 40 original essays from both prominent Danto scholars and leading practitioners from various sub-fields of philosophy. The Companion illuminates Danto's many contributions to the artworld, aesthetics, criticism, and philosophy of knowledge, action, science,…mehr
A Companion to Arthur C. Danto paints a detailed portrait of one the most significant figures in twentieth-century philosophy and art criticism, offering unparalleled coverage of all aspects of Danto's writings, artworks, and thought. Edited by two long-time colleagues of Arthur Danto, this interdisciplinary resource presents more than 40 original essays from both prominent Danto scholars and leading practitioners from various sub-fields of philosophy.
The Companion illuminates Danto's many contributions to the artworld, aesthetics, criticism, and philosophy of knowledge, action, science, history, and politics. The essays explore central concepts and intersecting themes in Danto's writings while providing new interventions into the areas of philosophy in which Danto engaged. Topics include Danto's mode of writing and art production, his critical engagement with artists and philosophers, conflicts in Danto's views and in interpretations of his works, and much more.
An important addition to Danto studies, A Companion to Arthur C. Danto is essential reading for practitioners, scholars, and advanced students looking for a critical, provocative, and insightful treatment of Danto's philosophy, art, and criticism.
Jonathan Gilmore is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center and Baruch College, New York, USA. A philosopher of art and an art critic, he is the recipient of NEH, Whiting, Mellon, and other national fellowships and awards. His most recent book, Apt Imaginings: Feelings for Fictions and Other Creatures of the Mind , was awarded the 2021 Outstanding Monograph Prize by the American Society for Aesthetics. Lydia Goehr is a Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University, New York, USA. She is a recipient of Mellon, Getty, and Guggenheim Fellowships. Her works include The Imaginary Museum of Musical Works: An Essay in the Philosophy of Music, The Quest for Voice: Music, Politics, and the Limits of Philosophy, Elective Affinities: Musical Essays on the History of Aesthetic Theory, and Red Sea, Red Square, Red Thread. A Philosophical Detective Story.
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Preface viii Jonathan Gilmore and Lydia Goehr
Notes on Contributors x
Introduction: Five Pieces for Arthur Danto (1924-2013) In memoriam 1 Lydia Goehr, Daniel Herwitz, Fred Rush, Michael Kelly, and Jonathan Gilmore
1 Roquebrune, 1962 15 Ginger Danto
2 Boundaries Crossed 18 András Szántó
3 Writing with Style 26 Arturo Fontaine
4 Sartre, Transparency, and Style 33 Taylor Carman
5 Nietzsche and Historical Understanding 42 Robert Gooding-Williams
6 Pragmatism between Art and Life 51 Richard Shusterman
7 Danto on Dewey (and Dewey on Danto) 59 Casey Haskins
8 Thought Experiments: Art and Ethics 68 F. M. Kamm
9 A Normative Perspective on Basic Actions 76 Carol Rovane
10 Cognitive Science and Art Criticism 85 Mark Rollins
11 Perception 93 Sam Rose and Bence Nanay
12 The Anthropology of Art 103 David Davies
13 The Birth of Art 112 Whitney Davis
14 The End of Art 124 Georg W. Bertram
15 Representation, Truth, and Historical Reality 132 Frank Ankersmit
16 History and Retrospection 143 Noël Carroll
17 Action in the Shadow of Time 152 Adrian Haddock
18 The Sixties 162 Espen Hammer
19 Criticism and the Pale of History 170 Gregg M. Horowitz
20 Postmodernism and Its Discontents 180 David Carrier
21 Shakespeare and the Repetition of the Commonplace 190 Rachel Eisendrath
22 Engaging Henry James: The Metaphorical Perspective 199 Garry L. Hagberg
23 Literature, Philosophy, Persona, Politics 207 Richard Eldridge
24 Moving Pictures 216 Fred Rush
25 Photography and Danto's Craft of the Mind 223 Scott Walden
26 Transfiguration/Transubstantiation 233 Sixto J. Castro
27 Embodiment and Medium 240 Tiziana Andina
28 The Style Matrix 248 Sondra Bacharach
29 Disenfranchisement 256 Jane Forsey
30 Definition 263 Karlheinz Lüdeking
31 Danto and Dickie: Artworld and Institution 273 Michalle Gal
32 Danto and Wittgenstein: History and Essence 281 Sonia Sedivy
33 Censorship and Subsidy 292 Brian Soucek
34 Amnesty International and Human Rights 301 Emma Stone Mackinnon
35 Random Noise, Radical Silence 309 Marlies De Munck
36 Mad Men and Pop Art 317 Sue Spaid
37 Vija Celmins: Nature at Art's End 326 Sandra Shapshay
38 The Meaning of Ugliness, The Authority of Beauty 336 J. M. Bernstein
39 Feminist Criticism: On Disturbatory Art and Beauty 345 Peg Brand Weiser
40 Beauty and Politics 355 Matilde Carrasco Barranco
41 Public Art: Monuments, Memorials, and Earthworks 363 Gary Shapiro