Into the Light of Things
Subtitle: The Art of the Commonplace from Wordsworth to John Cage
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: June 15, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780226472539
Subjects: Cultural studies; Literary studies: 19th century; Theory of art; Theory of music & musicology; Philosophy; English; Reference; Criticism; General; Philosophy / General
First sentence: Some thirty years ago, 1964, the American philosopher Arthur Danto walked into the ultravanguard Stable Gallery and saw what seemed to be stacks of Brillo cartons piled everywhere, as if the Stable had been "pressed into service as a warehouse for surplus scouring pads."