We believe even more firmly in the idea that art is transcendent and universal. With The Invention of Art, Larry Shiner challenges these articles of faith and invites us to reconsider the history of art entirely.

The book is aimed at both philosophers and general readers interested in the arts, and develops positions that should stimulate further discussion"--

" Larry E. Shiner is Professor of Philosophy at Sangamon State University.

This book examines fundamental questions about funding for the arts: why should governments provide funding for the arts?

Edited by Sandra Alfondy.

" "The Invisible Masterpiece is an unusual reconstruction of the history of the work of art since 1800, in which Hans Belting explores and explains the dreams and fears, the triumphs and failures of modernity's painters and sculptors.

So what does the nose tell the brain, and how does the brain understand it? A. S. Barwich turned to experts in neuroscience, psychology, chemistry, and perfumery in an effort to understand the mechanics and meaning of odors.

... Larry Shiner as early as 1967 about the muddled meanings that had come to be attached to the term , hence his suggestion that " we drop the word entirely " ( see also Martin 1965 ) , nevertheless by the early 1970s , secularization was ...

For, as Foucault shows, what he was always describing was the nature of power in society; not the conventional treatment of power that concentrates on powerful individuals and repressive institutions, but the much more pervasive and ...