Art and Social Ethics

Three major theses are argued in this study. One is that conceptions of art have radically altered during the past hundred years. Before the end of the nineteenth century, works of art were conceived as moral phenomena; i.e., as objects which reflected the moral character of their makers, and required virtue on the part of viewers for proper appreciation. Toward the end of the nineteenth century, this perspective was abandoned by many theorists. Art came to be understood as a nonmoral, "aesthetic" object.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Amburgy, Patricia Marie

• Fine Arts

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8600114

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/69012