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The Truth About Art: Reclaiming Quality

By Patrick Doorly
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By Patrick Doorly
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‘Both knowledge and truth are beautiful things, but the Good is other and more beautiful than they.’ — Plato, Republic, 508e. This book traces the multiple meanings of art back to their historical roots, and equips the reader to choose between them. Art with a capital A turns out to be an invention of German Romantic philosophers, who endowed their creation with the attributes of genius, originality, rule breaking, and self-expression, directed by the spirit of the age. Recovering the probl...

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Art, Architecture & PhotographyPhilosophyArt - History & CriticismMajor Branches of Philosophical StudyGeneral & Miscellaneous ArtArt Styles & PeriodsAesthetics & Philosophy of ArtArt - General & MiscellaneousModern ArtGeneral Aesthetics & Philosophy of Art