Art Criticism as Practical Reasoning

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4158475
AutoresAnthony Cro, Anthony Cross (autor de correspondencia)
Año2017
Volumen57
Número3
Páginas299-317
Fecha de publicación2017-11-07
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe British Journal of Aesthetics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0007-0904 • E-ISSN: 1468-2842
EditorialOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/aesthj/ayx016
OpenAlexW2760042717
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11

Most recent discussions of reasons in art criticism focus on reasons that justify beliefs about the value of artworks. Reviving a long-neglected suggestion from Paul Ziff, I argue that we should focus instead on art-critical reasons that justify actions—namely, particular ways of engaging with artworks. I argue that a focus on practical rather than theoretical reasons yields an understanding of criticism that better fits with our intuitions about the value of reading art criticism, and which makes room for a nuanced distinction between criticism that aims at universality and criticism that is resolutely personal

Aesthetics · Art · Art criticism · Art history · Criticism · Epistemology · Focus (optics · Linguistics · Literary criticism · Literary science · Literature · Performance art · Sociology · Theatre criticism · Universality (dynamical systems · Value (mathematics · Computer Science · Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art · Law in Society and Culture · Philosophy · Psychology · Visual Culture and Art Theory