How Can an Artefact Become an Artwork in the 20th Century?
How Can an Artefact Become an Artwork in the 20th Century?
Author(s): Mihaela PopSubject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Институт по философия и социология при БАН
Keywords: artworld; artefact; aesthetic appreciation; artistic transfiguration.
Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to identify those characteristics that transform a common artefact into an artwork, especially in our postmodern contemporary world. My analysis is based on aesthetic principles which are used in artistic theories and debates.
Journal: Balkan Journal of Philosophy
- Issue Year: VII/2015
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 151-158
- Page Count: 8
