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The Invention of Art

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"Larry Shiner challenges our conventional understandings of art and asks us to reconsider its history entirely, arguing that the category of ine art is a modern invention - and that the lines drawn between art and craft emerged only as the result of key European social transformations during the long eighteenth century"--Publisher's description.

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The Invention of Art, Larry Shiner

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2001
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Title
The Invention of Art
Language
English
Released
2001
Format
Hardcover
Pages
352
ISBN10
0226753425
ISBN13
9780226753423
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"Larry Shiner challenges our conventional understandings of art and asks us to reconsider its history entirely, arguing that the category of ine art is a modern invention - and that the lines drawn between art and craft emerged only as the result of key European social transformations during the long eighteenth century"--Publisher's description.