Aesthetics and Art: An Important Distinction

Feb 13, 2024

While sometimes we lament or disparage the labels we confer onto objects or people, labels or distinctions can be useful.

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Bernard Charles

Feb 13, 2024

I have Ayn Rand’s What Art Is next to my bed, there’s so much to read out there ahhhh #deepbreaths

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Michael Spicher (ARL)

Feb 16, 2024

Thanks for sharing this, @Rachel Haywire !!!

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Michael Spicher (ARL)

Feb 14, 2024

I highly recommend Art as Experience by John Dewey.

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Aesthetics and Art: An Important Distinction