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The End of Art?
Article first published online: 17 DEC 2002
DOI: 10.1111/0018-2656.651998065
1998 by Wesleyan University
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Carroll, N. (1998), The End of Art?. History and Theory, 37: 17–29. doi: 10.1111/0018-2656.651998065
Publication History
- Issue published online: 17 DEC 2002
- Article first published online: 17 DEC 2002
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This article focuses on the arguments that Arthur Danto has advanced for alleging that the developmental history of art is over. The author is skeptical of Danto's conclusion and maintains that Danto has failed to demonstrate that art history is necessarily closed. The author also contends that Danto's end-of-art thesis is better construed as a specimen of art criticism than as an example of the speculative philosophy of art history.