On the Way Works of Art Exist
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4998205 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roger Pouivet (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 86-87 |
| Publication date | 1994-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critique d’art (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1246-8258 • E-ISSN: 2265-9404 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/critiquedart.104234 |
| OpenAlex | W4378445133 |
| Language | EN |
A clarification of our ideas about the ontology of works of art should help to better formulate, and even solve, many aesthetic issues. This persuasion may not be peculiar to Richard Wollheim, but it is nevertheless singularly asserted by L’art et ses objets, a classic of Anglo-Saxon aesthetics finally available in translation. The ontology of works of art proposed by Wollheim starts from “the hypothesis whereby [they] are physical objects” (p.17). True, this is a bold hypothesis, as we shall
| Highly cited | No |
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