Proust/Warhol : analytical philosophy of art
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Proust/Warhol : analytical philosophy of art
（American university studies, Series XX . Fine arts ; v. 37）
Peter Lang, c2009
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [109]-123) and index
Contents of Works
- Introduction: Why Proust and Warhol
- The search for Proust's and Warhol's sources
- Two dramatically opposed styles of art making
- Defining art
- Elstir's studio/Warhol's factory
- Queer art making
- The value of art
- Art fashion
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Description
Two of the most important modernist artists, Marcel Proust and Andy Warhol, also developed aesthetic theories. Proust presents imaginary artists - a composer, a painter, and a novelist. Warhol made paintings and sculptures; created art history writing, fiction, and films; and sponsored a rock group. Warhol most likely never read Proust, but because their ways of thinking contrast dramatically, much can be learned about both men's art by comparing: the imaginary painting described by Proust to Warhol's Marilyn Diptych; the ways that Proust and Warhol understand art-making; how Proust and Warhol define art; and the ways that Elstir's studio differs from Warhol's factory. Also discussed is the relationship of their homosexuality to their art. Proust/Warhol: Analytical Philosophy of Art employs three key intellectual tools: the aesthetic theory of Arthur Danto, the account of Proust by Joshua Landy, and the analysis of the art of living by Alexander Nehamas. Proust/Warhol concludes with a discussion of an issue of particular importance for Warhol, the relationship between art and fashion.
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