Arthur C. Danto.Terry Pinkard's marvelous biography Hegel (Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press (known colloquially as CUP) is a publisher given a Royal Charter by Henry VIII in 1534, and one of the two privileged presses (the other being Oxford University Press). ) brings the great philosopher to life--it is delicious to read that in his lectures he began every sentence with "Therefore"--and for those who admire his Aesthetics as extravagantly as it deserves, we learn a lot from Pinkard about what Hegel looked at and listened to. In the Aesthetics, delivered as lectures to popular audiences in Berlin through the 1820s, Hegel was "especially concerned with the status of modern art" and "what role art would play in modern life that only art as art could play." He saw art as a sensuous vehicle of philosophical thought. But art came to an end, he argued, once it needed philosophy to explain its cultural mission. Arthur C. Danto is Johnsonian Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Columbia University Columbia University, mainly in New York City; founded 1754 as King's College by grant of King George II; first college in New York City, fifth oldest in the United States; one of the eight Ivy League institutions. , art critic Noun 1. art critic - a critic of paintings critic - a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art for The Nation, and a contributing editor A contributing editor is a magazine job title that varies in responsibilities. Most often, a contributing editor is a freelancer who has proven ability and readership draw. of Artforum. |
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