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July 6, 2013August 7, 2025 andreweverett360 Art, Book Review

What Art Is

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What Art Is
by Arthur C. Danto (1924-2013)

The dust jacket sums up Arthur Danto’s definition of art nicely. “A work of art is always defined by two essential criteria: meaning and embodiment, as well as one additional criterion contributed by the viewer: interpretation.”

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