After the end of art : contemporary art and the pale of history
Princeton, N.J.
Princeton University Press
c1997
xx, 239 p. :ill. ;25 cm.
A.W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts ; 5991 A.W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts ; 5991
Bollingen series; xxxv, 44
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Arthur C. Danto
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Introduction: modern, postmodern, and contemporary -- Three decades after the end of art -- Master narratives and critical principles -- Modernism and the critique of pure art: the historical vision of Clement Greenberg -- From aesthetics to art criticism -- Painting and the pale of history: the passing of the pure -- Pop art and past futures -- Painting, politics, and post-historical art -- The historical museum of monochrome art -- Museums and the thirsting millions -- Modalities of history: Possiblity and comedy.