Works and Worlds of Art (Clarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy) by Nicholas Wolterstorff

by Nicholas Wolterstorff

In this book the author treats art as an action performed by the artist as agent, rather than examining it from the point of view of its audience as contemplators.

Genres: Philosophy, Art

Hardcover

First published December 24, 1980

About the author

Wolterstorff is the Noah Porter Professor Emeritus of Philosophical Theology, and Fellow of Berkeley College at Yale University. A prolific writer with wide-ranging philosophical and theological interests, he has written books on metaphysics, aesthetics, political philosophy, epistemology and theology and philosophy of religion.

Reviews

[A. B. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good, slightly challenging read.