The Definition Of Art

Russian Studies in Philosophy 12 (4):64-79 (1974)
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The ancients regarded art as the ability to create things, and knowing that ability is guided by rules, they defined art as the ability to create things in accordance with those rules

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10.2753/rsp1061-1967120464

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