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A Companion to Arthur C. Danto
Jonathan Gilmore (Edited by), J Gilmore (Author), Lydia Goehr (Edited by)
9781119154211, Wiley
Hardback, published 29 April 2022
432 pages
1 x 1 x 1 cm, 0.454 kg
A Companion to Arthur C. Danto paints a detailed portrait of one the most significant figures in twentieth-century philosophy and art criticism, offering unparalleled coverage of all aspects of Danto’s writings, artworks, and thought. Edited by two long-time colleagues of Arthur Danto, this interdisciplinary resource presents more than 40 original essays from both prominent Danto scholars and leading practitioners from various sub-fields of philosophy. The Companion illuminates Danto’s many contributions to the artworld, aesthetics, criticism, and philosophy of knowledge, action, science, history, and politics. The essays explore central concepts and intersecting themes in Danto’s writings while providing new interventions into the areas of philosophy in which Danto engaged. Topics include Danto’s mode of writing and art production, his critical engagement with artists and philosophers, conflicts in Danto’s views and in interpretations of his works, and much more. An important addition to Danto studies, A Companion to Arthur C. Danto is essential reading for practitioners, scholars, and advanced students looking for a critical, provocative, and insightful treatment of Danto’s philosophy, art, and criticism.
Preface viii Notes on Contributors x Introduction: Five Pieces for Arthur Danto (1924–2013) In memoriam 1 1 Roquebrune, 1962 15 2 Boundaries Crossed 18 3 Writing with Style 26 4 Sartre, Transparency, and Style 33 5 Nietzsche and Historical Understanding 42 6 Pragmatism between Art and Life 51 7 Danto on Dewey (and Dewey on Danto) 59 8 Thought Experiments: Art and Ethics 68 9 A Normative Perspective on Basic Actions 76 10 Cognitive Science and Art Criticism 85 11 Perception 93 12 The Anthropology of Art 103 13 The Birth of Art 112 14 The End of Art 124 15 Representation, Truth, and Historical Reality 132 16 History and Retrospection 143 17 Action in the Shadow of Time 152 18 The Sixties 162 19 Criticism and the Pale of History 170 20 Postmodernism and Its Discontents 180 21 Shakespeare and the Repetition of the Commonplace 190 22 Engaging Henry James: The Metaphorical Perspective 199 23 Literature, Philosophy, Persona, Politics 207 24 Moving Pictures 216 25 Photography and Danto’s Craft of the Mind 223 26 Transfiguration/Transubstantiation 233 27 Embodiment and Medium 240 28 The Style Matrix 248 29 Disenfranchisement 256 30 Definition 263 31 Danto and Dickie: Artworld and Institution 273 32 Danto and Wittgenstein: History and Essence 281 33 Censorship and Subsidy 292 34 Amnesty International and Human Rights 301 35 Random Noise, Radical Silence 309 36 Mad Men and Pop Art 317 37 Vija Celmins: Nature at Art’s End 326 38 The Meaning of Ugliness, The Authority of Beauty 336 39 Feminist Criticism: On Disturbatory Art and Beauty 345 40 Beauty and Politics 355 41 Public Art: Monuments, Memorials, and Earthworks 363 42 On Architecture 373 43 Aliveness and Aboutness: Yvonne Rainer’s Dance Indiscernibles 381 44 Arthur and Andy 389 45 Letter to Posterity 397 Index 404
Jonathan Gilmore and Lydia Goehr
Lydia Goehr, Daniel Herwitz, Fred Rush, Michael Kelly, and Jonathan Gilmore
Ginger Danto
András Szántó
Arturo Fontaine
Taylor Carman
Robert Gooding-Williams
Richard Shusterman
Casey Haskins
F. M. Kamm
Carol Rovane
Mark Rollins
Sam Rose and Bence Nanay
David Davies
Whitney Davis
Georg W. Bertram
Frank Ankersmit
Noël Carroll
Adrian Haddock
Espen Hammer
Gregg M. Horowitz
David Carrier
Rachel Eisendrath
Garry L. Hagberg
Richard Eldridge
Fred Rush
Scott Walden
Sixto J. Castro
Tiziana Andina
Sondra Bacharach
Jane Forsey
Karlheinz Lüdeking
Michalle Gal
Sonia Sedivy
Brian Soucek
Emma Stone Mackinnon
Marlies De Munck
Sue Spaid
Sandra Shapshay
J. M. Bernstein
Peg Brand Weiser
Matilde Carrasco Barranco
Gary Shapiro
Remei Capdevila-Werning
Kyle Bukhari
Daniel Herwitz
Arthur C. Danto
Subject Areas: Philosophy [HP]
