Art in the social order : the making of the modern conception of art / Preben Mortensen.

For the first time, a historical examination of the origin of our ideas of art are related to questions in contemporary art theory. Mortensen shows that our conception of art emerged in the eighteenth century as part of new ideas of edification and of the presentation of the self. He examines the co...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via EBSCO)
Main Author:	Mortensen, Preben, 1957-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1997.
Subjects:	Aesthetics. Aesthetics, Modern > 18th century. Aesthetics, Modern.