Art rethought : the social practices of art
Wolterstorff, NicholasAuthor
Most philosophers of art of the modern period have concentrated their attention on engaging works of the arts as objects of disinterested aesthetic attention, and on the works that reward that modern of engagement, virtually ignoring the many other ways in which we engage works of the arts. The argument of this book is that it is important for philosophers to expand their attention and discuss as well the more important of those other ways in which we engage works of the arts.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Most philosophers of art of the modern period have concentrated their attention on engaging works of the arts as objects of disinterested aesthetic attention, and on the works that reward that modern of engagement, virtually ignoring the many other ways in which we engage works of the arts. The argument of this book is that it is important for philosophers to expand their attention and discuss as well the more important of those other ways in which we engage works of the arts.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 18, 2015).
Part one : The grand narrative of art in the modern world -- The Early Modern revolution in the arts -- Why the revolution? -- The grand narrative and the grand narrative theses -- Wherein lies the worth of disinterested attention? -- Art, religion, and the grand narrative -- Part two : Why the grand narrative has to go -- The inapplicability of the grand narrative to recent art -- Why the grand narrative never was tenable -- Part three : A new framework for thinking about the arts -- The arts as social practices -- Meaning of works of the arts and of artworks -- Part four : Memorial art -- The social practices of memorial art -- The memorial meaning of the mural art of Belfast -- Part five : Art for veneration -- The social practices of art for veneration -- Part six : Social protest art -- The social practices of social protest art -- The social protest meaning of Uncle Tom's Cabin -- The social protest meaning of the graphic art of Käthe Kollwitz -- Part seven : Art that enhances -- Work songs : social practice and meaning -- Part eight : The art-reflexive art of today's art world -- The social practices of art-reflexive art -- Art-reflexive meaning in the work of Sherrie Levine -- Part nine : Epilogue : good works and just practices -- What happened to beauty? -- The pursuit of justice and the social practices of art.
Arts and society
Art
Aesthetics
Fine Arts - General
Art, Architecture & Applied Arts