Philosophy of Art- Historical Context

Philosophy of Art- Historical Context Order Description : Write 3 pages (double-spaced, 12-point font) responding to the prompt below. response may be no more than 1,000 words. Prompt:In what way does familiarity with the historical context of an artwork – concerning for instance, the person who made it, or the other work that was being made around the same time – inform or influence a beholder's understanding of the work? Discuss what one of the philosophers we’ve read in Unit 4 has to say about this question (Danto, Sibley, or Walton). Then critically evaluate that answer, potentially drawing on one of the other assigned readings (anything we've read this semester is fair game). Choose one reading from here to answer prompt: Danto, “The Artworld” Sibley, “Aesthetic Concepts” Walton, “Categories of Art” Danto, “Seeing and Showing” Choose quotes from two of these readings to back up ideas taken from reading chosen from first list: Plato, Ion Plato, Republic Aristotle, Poetics Hume, “Of the Standard of Taste Kant, Critique of Judgment Dewey, Art as Experience Langer, Feeling and Form