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Art and Life in Aestheticism

De-Humanizing and Re-Humanizing Art, the Artist and the Artistic Receptor
By:Kelly Comfort
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9780230551169
eText ISBN:9780230583498
Edition:0
Copyright:2008
Format:Page Fidelity

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Art for art's sake addresses the relationship between art and life. Although it has long been argued that aestheticism aims to de-humanize art, this volume seeks to consider the counterclaim that such de-humanization can also lead to re-humanization and to a deepened relationship between the aesthetic sphere and the world at large.