Theory of Art. A Brief Guide
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AuthorRichard Osborne
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AuthorРичард Осборн
The authors explore the debates about the essence of art throughout all times and peoples—from Paleolithic cave paintings to postmodernism—quite thoroughly and engagingly, combining an academic approach with the wit of a comic. The text is complemented by statements from artists, philosophers, and art historians that allow us to judge how notions of art have developed over the past three millennia. As a result, complex theoretical problems of art studies prove to be simpler than we think.