The abuse of beauty
Subtitle: aesthetics and the concept of art
By: Arthur C. Danto.
Series: The Paul Carus lecture series -- 21.; Paul Carus lectures -- 21st ser.
Publisher: Open Court
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
ISBN-13: 9780812695403; 9780812695397
Subjects: Aesthetics; Art -- Philosophy
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the aesthetics of the Brillo Box; title: Beauty and the philosophical definition of art; title: The intractable avant-garde; title: Beauty and beautification; title: Internal and external beauty; title: Beauty and politics; title: Three ways to look at art; title: The beautiful and sublime.