Uses of Reason in the Evaluation of Artworks

Commentaries on the Turner Prize

AvLes Gillon

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

This book uses an examination of the annual Turner Prize to defend the view that the evaluation of artworks is a reason-based activity, notwithstanding the lack of any agreed criteria for judging excellence in art.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-08-02
Mått:148 x 210 x 10 mm
Vikt:231 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:163
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319858975

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Dr Leslie Gillon is an academic and musician based within the School of Journalism Media and Performance at the University of Central Lancashire, UK. In addition to his work in the field of aesthetics and the visual arts, he is involved in practice-based research in music composition and performance.

Innehållsförteckning

1.- Turner Prize and the problem of evaluation.- 2. But is it Art?.- 3. Tomma Abts: form and value.- 4. Noel Carroll and the art of slapstick.- 5. But what does it mean?.- 6. Martin Creed: ideas in an empty room.- 7. Ideal critics and the uses of reason.