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K. Harries - Art Matters - 9781402099885 - V9781402099885
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Art Matters

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Description for Art Matters Hardback. In recent years there has been a lot of talk about the possible death of art. This text challenges that view, and seeks to demonstrate the continued relevance of Heidegger's reflections on the issue, summed up in his essay 'The Origin of the Work of Art'. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.

In recent years there has been a great deal of talk about a possible death of art. As the title of Heidegger’s “The Origin of the Work of Art” suggests, the essay challenges such talk, just as it in turn is challenged by such talk, talk that is supported by the current state of the art-world. It was Hegel, who most profoundly argued that the shape of our modern world no longer permits us to grant art the significance it once possessed. Hegel’s proclamation of the end of art in its highest sense shadows this commentary, as it shadows Heidegger’s ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
Series
Contributions to Phenomenology
Number of Pages
201
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402099885
SKU
V9781402099885
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About K. Harries
Karsten Harries is Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor of Philosophy at Yale University and is author of The Meaning of Modern Art (Evanston, Northwestern,1968), The Bavarian Rococo Church: Between Faith and Aestheticism (New Haven: Yale, 1983), The Broken Frame: Three Lectures (Washington, D.C.: CUA Press,1990), The Ethical Function of Architecture (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT, 1997), winner of the American Institute of Architects 8th Annual ... Read more

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