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  2. Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten - Wikipedia

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    With the development of art as a commercial enterprise linked to the rise of a nouveau riche class across Europe, the purchasing of art inevitably led to the question, "what is good art?". Baumgarten developed aesthetics to mean the study of good and bad "taste", thus good and bad art, linking good taste with beauty.

  3. Contemporary Debates in Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art

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    Contemporary Debates in Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art is a 2005 book edited by Matthew Kieran in which pairs of authors dispute central topics in philosophy of art. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Reception

  4. Theory of art - Wikipedia

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    The institutional theory of art is a theory about the nature of art that holds that an object can only become art in the context of the institution known as "the art world".

  5. The Origin of the Work of Art - Wikipedia

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    Martin Heidegger: Politics, Art, and Technology. New York: Holmes; Schapiro, Meyer. 1994. “The Still Life as a Personal Object - A Note on Heidegger and van Gogh”, ”Further Notes on Heidegger and van Gogh”, in: Theory and Philosophy of Art: Style, Artist, and Society, Selected papers 4, New York: George Braziller, 135-142; 143-151.

  6. Philosophy and literature - Wikipedia

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    Strictly speaking, the philosophy of literature is a branch of aesthetics, the branch of philosophy that deals with the question, "What is art"? Much of aesthetic philosophy has traditionally focused on the plastic arts or music, however, at the expense of the verbal arts. Much traditional discussion of aesthetic philosophy seeks to establish ...

  7. The Romantic Manifesto - Wikipedia

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    The Romantic Manifesto: A Philosophy of Literature is a collection of essays regarding the nature of art by the philosopher Ayn Rand. It was first published in 1969, with a second, revised edition published in 1975. Most of the essays are reprinted from Rand's magazine The Objectivist.

  8. Art - Wikipedia

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    The creative arts (art as discipline) are a collection of disciplines which produce artworks (art as objects) that are compelled by a personal drive (art as activity) and convey a message, mood, or symbolism for the perceiver to interpret (art as experience). Art is something that stimulates an individual's thoughts, emotions, beliefs, or ideas ...

  9. Philosophy and Conceptual Art - Wikipedia

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    Philosophy and Conceptual Art is a 2007 book edited by Elisabeth Schellekens and Peter Goldie. The contributors deal with the philosophical questions raised by conceptual art . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]