Art, History

Art and Essence

Name: Art and Essence
Author: Stephen Davies
ISBN: 9780275977665

by Stephen Davies (Editor), Ananta Charana Sukla (Editor), Ananta Ch. Sukla

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Synopsis

Presents a wide offering of contemporary philosophical perspectives--including theoretical, historical, cross-cultural, and evolutionary--regarding the nature of art and the possibility of its definition.

About the Author, Stephen Davies

STEPHEN DAVIES teaches philosophy at the University of Auckland. He is the author of Definitions of Art, Musical Meaning and Expression, and Musical Works and Performances, and the editor of Art and Its Messages.

ANANTA CH. SUKLA is Professor of English at Sambalpur University in India. He is the founding editor of The Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics and the editor of the Praeger series Studies in Art, Culture, and Communication.