Non-Western Art and the Concept of Art: Can Cluster Theories of Art Account for the Universality of Art?

This essay seeks to demonstrate that there are no compelling reasons to exclude non-Western artefacts from the domain of art. Any theory of art must therefore account for the universality of the concept of art. It cannot simply start from ‘our’ art traditions and extend these conceptions to other cu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Annelies Monseré
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Helsinki University Press 2012-11-01
Series:Estetika
Online Access:https://estetikajournal.org/articles/95