The definition of art

Name: The definition of art
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SKU: 9788501402479
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Autor: Umberto Eco

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Sinopse

A great essay on art by one of the most important writers and thinkers of our time.

The object of study of The Definition of Art is not simply art - to be defined - but the philosophical problem of the possibility of a definition of art, as it arises for contemporary aesthetics.

Umberto Eco approaches the issue from three perspectives: through some historical essays, which revisit the definitions of ancient Indian aesthetics, medieval aesthetics, and some currents of the last two centuries; through some theoretical essays, which also examine the positions of contemporary scholars; and through an inspection of the territory of avant-garde poetics, to see how and to what extent the instances of such poetics fit into the speculative frameworks organized by aesthetics.

These essays show the problematic outline that led the author to the notion of “open work” - already outlined and commented on in these writings - and to the research on communication problems that subsequently occupied the center of his interests.