Arthur Danto

Arthur Coleman Danto
Danto, 2012
Born(1924-01-01)January 1, 1924
DiedOctober 25, 2013(2013-10-25) (aged 89)
New York City, U.S.
Alma materWayne State University
Columbia University
Era20th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic
Main interests
Philosophy of art
Philosophy of history
Philosophy of action
Notable ideas
Narrative sentences
Basic actions
End of Art
Post-historical Art
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Arthur Coleman Danto (January 1, 1924 – October 25, 2013) was an American art critic, philosopher, and professor at Columbia University. He was best known for having been a long-time art critic for The Nation and for his work in philosophical aesthetics and philosophy of history, though he contributed significantly to a number of fields, including the philosophy of action. His interests included thought, feeling, philosophy of art, theories of representation, philosophical psychology, Hegel's aesthetics, and the philosophers Friedrich Nietzsche and Jean-Paul Sartre.