The Art Question
The art question is further muddied by yet another distinction, that between definitions of art and accounts of art.
- For some, the classificatory question is to be answered by a definition such that one can determine, for any X, whether X is a work of art or not.
- For others, to provide an answer to the question of what is art is to give an account of art as a complete practice, which includes making sense of why cultures make and appreciate art, what are the values of art, etc.
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