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Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ
"Originally delivered as the prestigious A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts in 1995, After the End of Art remains a classic of art criticism and philosophy, and continues to generate heated debate for contending that art ended in the 1960s. Arthur...
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"Originally delivered as the prestigious A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts in 1995, After the End of Art remains a classic of art criticism and philosophy, and continues to generate heated debate for contending that art ended in the 1960s. Arthur Danto, one of the best-known art critics of his time, presents radical insights into art's irrevocable deviation from its previous course and the decline of traditional aesthetics. He demonstrates the necessity for a new type of criticism in the face of contemporary art's wide-open possibilities."--Page 4 of cover
Foreword to the Princeton classics editionIntroduction: modern, postmodern, and contemporary -- Three decades after the end of art -- Master narratives and critical principles -- Modernism and the critique of pure art: the historical vision of Clement Greenberg -- From aesthetics to art criticism -- Painting and the pale of history: the passing of the pure -- Pop art and past futures -- Painting, politics, and post-historical art -- The historical museum of monochrome art -- Museums and the thirsting millions -- Modalities of history: Possiblity and comedy.