Abstract:In 1929, The Art Bulletin published a mock Platonic dialogue, “The New Protagoras,” by the philosopher and historian of art theory A. Philip McMahon; it summarized current thinking about art and art h...In 1929, The Art Bulletin published a mock Platonic dialogue, “The New Protagoras,” by the philosopher and historian of art theory A. Philip McMahon; it summarized current thinking about art and art history, proposing that an idealistic aesthetics could serve as a corrective to the excesses of science, and that a future art history might seek to effect the critical integration of those seemingly incompatible approaches. “A Newer Protagoras” starts from the premise that seventy-seven years later, the inhabitants of Elysium would need further help making sense of the earthly intellectual landscape. Two disciples attempt to bring the Sophist Protagoras up-to-date.Read More
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-09-01
Language: en
Type: article
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