{"product_id":"art-and-posthistory-conversations-on-the-end-of-aesthetics-9780231204774","title":"Art and Posthistory: Conversations on the End of Aesthetics","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the 1990s until just before his death, the legendary art critic and philosopher Arthur C. Danto carried out extended conversations about contemporary art with the prominent Italian critic Demetrio Paparoni. Their discussions ranged widely over a vast range of topics, from American pop art and minimalism to abstraction and appropriationism. Yet they continually returned to the concepts at the core of Danto's thinking--posthistory and the end of aesthetics--provocative notions that to this day shape questions about the meaning and future of contemporary art. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eArt and Posthistory\u003c\/i\u003e presents these rich dialogues and correspondence, testifying to the ongoing importance of Danto's ideas. It offers readers the opportunity to experience the intellectual excitement of Danto in person, speculating in a freewheeling yet erudite style. Danto and Paparoni discuss figures such as Andy Warhol, Marcel Duchamp, Franz Kline, Sean Scully, Clement Greenberg, Cindy Sherman, and Wang Guangyi, offering both insightful comments on individual works and sweeping observations about wider issues. On occasion, the artist Mimmo Paladino and the philosopher Mario Perniola join the conversation, enlivening the discussion and adding their own perspectives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book also features an introductory essay by Paparoni that provides lucid analysis of Danto's thinking, emphasizing where the two disagree as well as what they learned from each other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eArthur C. Danto (1924-2013) was Johnsonian Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Columbia University and the longtime art critic for the\u003ci\u003e Nation\u003c\/i\u003e. His Columbia University Press books include \u003ci\u003eNietzsche as Philosopher\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNarration and Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Philosophical Disenfranchisement of Art\u003c\/i\u003e. Perhaps the most influential philosopher of art of the second half of the twentieth century, Danto is acclaimed for developing the concept of the \"artworld\" and for seeing in the work of Warhol and others the \"end of art.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDemetrio Paparoni is a critic, curator, and writer who has taught at the University of Catania. He is the art critic of the Italian newspaper \u003ci\u003eDomani\u003c\/i\u003e. Paparoni founded the magazine \u003ci\u003eTema Celeste \u003c\/i\u003eand the publishing house of the same name, and he has curated a number of major exhibitions. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eThe Devil: A Visual History\u003c\/i\u003e (2019). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBarry Schwabsky is the art critic for the \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50452627095826,"sku":"9780231204774","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3ce49789-6a34-4f24-9271-5282666d78bd.jpg?v=1729817603","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/art-and-posthistory-conversations-on-the-end-of-aesthetics-9780231204774","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}