HISTORICAL/

HISTORICAL
THEORY OF
ART
Hold that for
something to be art, it
must bear some
relation to existing
works of art.
Also include a disjunct for
first art: something is art if it
possesses a historical
relation to previous
artworks, or is first art.
 Jerrold
Levinson
Distinguished University Professor
of Philosophy
has written extensively on the
definition of art, expression in music,
emotional response to art, the nature
of literary interpretation, and the
ontology of artworks.
(1979) a work of art is a thing
intended for regard-as-a-work-art:
regard in any of the ways works of art
existing prior to it have been correctly
regarded. If an object is not intended
for regard in any of the established
ways, then it isn’t art.