Art and Posthistory: Conversations on the End of Aesthetics

Arthur C. Danto; Demetrio Paparoni

Published by Columbia University Press 2022

Art and Posthistory

Conversations on the End of Aesthetics

Arthur C. Danto and Demetrio Paparoni
Translated by: Natalia Iacobelli
Preface by: Barry Schwabsky

In the series Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts

https://doi.org/10.7312/dant20476

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About this book

From the 1990s until just before his death, the legendary art critic and philosopher Arthur C. Danto carried out extended conversations about contemporary art with the prominent Italian critic Demetrio Paparoni. Art and Posthistory presents these rich dialogues and correspondence, testifying to the ongoing importance of Danto’s ideas.

Author / Editor information

Arthur C. Danto (1924–2013) was Johnsonian Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Columbia University and the longtime art critic for the Nation. His Columbia University Press books include Nietzsche as Philosopher, Narration and Knowledge, and The Philosophical Disenfranchisement of Art. Perhaps the most influential philosopher of art of the second half of the twentieth century, Danto is acclaimed for developing the concept of the “artworld” and for seeing in the work of Warhol and others the “end of art.”

Demetrio Paparoni is a critic, curator, and writer who has taught at the University of Catania. He is the art critic of the Italian newspaper Domani. Paparoni founded the magazine Tema Celeste and the publishing house of the same name, and he has curated a number of major exhibitions. His previous books include The Devil: A Visual History (2019).

Barry Schwabsky is the art critic for the Nation.

Reviews

David Carrier, author of Proust/Warhol: Analytical Philosophy of Art:
This book's dialogue between the greatest American philosopher of art and his distinguished Italian colleague presents a great deal of previously unpublished information, much of the highest value. You will find here vital details about the aesthetic theory and art criticism of Arthur Danto.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
FOREWORD TOWARD THE INVISIBLE FUTURE Barry Schwabsky Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
PREFACE Publicly Available Download PDF	xvii
IN JUDY’S ROOM Publicly Available Download PDF	xxiii
1 HISTORY AND POSTHISTORY (1995) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 STYLE, NARRATION, AND POSTHISTORY (1998) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
3 THE ANGELIC VS. THE MONSTROUS (1998) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
4 ART CRITICISM AS ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY (2012) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
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Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;

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Published: August 11, 2022
ISBN: 9780231555692