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The Function of Generalization in Art History: Understanding Art across Traditions
David Davies
Philosophy at McGill University
Online:2016-01-25
Published:2017-09-22
About author:David Davies is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at McGill University. He is the author of Art as Performance (Blackwell 2004), Aesthetics and Literature (Continuum 2007), and Philosophy of the Performing Arts (Wiley-Blackwell 2011), editor of The Thin Red Line (Routledge 2008), and co-editor of Blade Runner (Routledge 2015). He has published widely on philosophical issues relating to film, photography, performance, music, literature, and visual art, and on issues in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of language.
David Davies. The Function of Generalization in Art History: Understanding Art across Traditions[J]. Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art, 2016, 36(1): 8-19.