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Harvard Anniversary
From the AP Today in History page
for October 28, 2013 —
From this journal seven years ago:
Recommended.
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Stella’s Goal
The Whitney Museum of American Art has stated
that artist Frank Stella in 1959
"wanted to create work that was methodical,
intellectual and passionless."
Source: Whitney Museum, transcript of audio guide.
Related material:
A figure from this journal on July 13, 2003…
… and some properties of that figure.
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Art at Midnight
"After considering and dismissing a number of definitions,
Danto comes down on one that he thinks captures the
'artness of art': artworks are embodied meanings. As such,
they elicit from viewers acts of interpretation designed to
'grasp the intended meaning they embody.' "
"The critic Hilton Kramer, writing in The New Criterion
in 1987, likened Mr. Danto’s views to one of 'those
ingenious scenarios that are regularly concocted to
relieve the tedium of the seminar room and the
philosophical colloquium.' "
Sounds about right.
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