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The Artworld

Summary/Abstract: In his seminal article “The Artworld“ (1964) Arthur Danto breaks with the neo-wittgensteinian refusal to look for a definition of art, which dominated Anglophone aesthetics in the middle of the 20th century. Turning away from the perceptible properties of artworks, Danto offers a convincing argument for the claim, that artistic theory as well as art history are necessary in order to adequately identify and speak of art. Later developments have led to the formulation of the so called institutional theory of art by the philosopher George Dickie, building on the term “artworld”, the fact notwithstanding that this definition has been refuted. Danto's contribution to art theory has been compared by his successors to a “paradigm shift” in the philosophy of art.

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