Art and its Objects

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Cambridge University Press, Sep 30, 1980 - Philosophy - 278 pages
What defines a work of art and determines the way in which we respond to it? This classic reflection was written with the belief that the nature of art has to be understood simultaneously from the artist's as well as the spectator's viewpoint.

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Richard Wollheim
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About the author (1980)

Richard Wollheim (1923 2003) was one of the leading philosophers of aesthetics in the twentieth century. He was Chair of the Philosophy Department at the University of California, Berkeley until 2002.

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TitleArt and its Objects
AuthorRichard Wollheim
Edition2, reprint, revised
PublisherCambridge University Press, 1980
ISBN0521228980, 9780521228985
Length278 pages
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Art / Criticism & Theory
Philosophy / General
  
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