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The Principles of Art

Paperback • 1958 • English

The Principles of Art

By R. G. Collingwood

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This treatise on aesthetics begins by showing that the word "art" is used as a name not only for "art proper" but also for certain things which are "art falsely so called." These are craft or skill, magic, and amusement, each of which, by confusion with art proper, generates a false aesthetic theory. In the course of attacking these theories the author criticizes various psychological theories of art, offers a new theory of magic, and reinterprets Plato's so-called "attack on art," showing that ...Show more

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ISBN

9780195002096

Publisher

Oxford University Press Inc

Published year

1958

Language

English

Original title

The Principles of Art

Format

Paperback

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