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The Principles of Art
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The Principles of Art

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This treatise on aesthetics begins by showing that the word art is used as a name not only for art proper but also for certain things which are art falsely so called. These are craft or skill, magic, and amusement, each of which, by confusion with art proper, generates a false aesthetic theory. In the course of attacking these theories the author criticizes various psychological theories of art, offers a new theory of magic, and reinterprets Plato’s so-called
attack on art, showing that it has been entirely misunderstood. Finally, he draws important inferences concerning the position of art in human society.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Country
United States
Date
2 January 1968
Pages
364
ISBN
9780195002096

This treatise on aesthetics begins by showing that the word art is used as a name not only for art proper but also for certain things which are art falsely so called. These are craft or skill, magic, and amusement, each of which, by confusion with art proper, generates a false aesthetic theory. In the course of attacking these theories the author criticizes various psychological theories of art, offers a new theory of magic, and reinterprets Plato’s so-called
attack on art, showing that it has been entirely misunderstood. Finally, he draws important inferences concerning the position of art in human society.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Country
United States
Date
2 January 1968
Pages
364
ISBN
9780195002096