{"product_id":"making-theory-constructing-art-on-the-authority-of-the-avant-garde-studies-in-communication-media-and-public-opinion-9780226328911","title":"Making Theory Constructing Art  On the Authority","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArtists and critics regularly enlist theory in the creation and assessment of artworks, but few have scrutinized the art theories themselves. Here, Daniel examines and critiques the norms, assumptions, historical conditions, and institutions that have framed the development and uses of art theory. Spurred by the theoretical claims of Arthur Danto, a leader in the philosophy of the avant-garde, Herwitz reexamines the art and theory of major figures in the avant-garde movement including John Cage, Jean-Francois Lyotard, Jean Baudrillard, and Andy Warhol.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations  Acknowledgments  Introduction: What We Have Inherited  Pt. I: Studies in Avant-Garde Art  1: Setting the Stage: Arthur Danto's Reading of the Avant-Garde  2: Constructivism's Descartes  3: Constructivism's Utopian Game with Theory  4: Mondrian's Plato  5: John Cage  Pt. 2: The Legacy of the Avant-Garde  6: Reading Arthur Danto's Theory  7: Reading Arthur Danto's Reading of the Object  8: Andy Warhol without Theory  9: The Uses of Theory in the Contemporary Artworld  Notes  Index","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036524347735,"sku":"9780226328911","price":76.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226328911.jpg?v=1750932276","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/making-theory-constructing-art-on-the-authority-of-the-avant-garde-studies-in-communication-media-and-public-opinion-9780226328911","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}