Arthur Coleman Danto | |
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 Danto, 2012 | |
| Born | January 1, 1924 Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | October 25, 2013 (aged 89) New York City, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Wayne State University Columbia University |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic |
Main interests | Philosophy of art Philosophy of history Philosophy of action |
Notable ideas | Narrative sentences Basic actions End of Art Post-historical Art Indiscernibles |
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.