Download or read book Defining Art, Creating the Canon written by Paul Crowther and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2007-03-15 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lively and accessible read, suitable for non-philosophers, this book reinvigorates central debates in aesthetics and art theory. The book is split into three parts, Culture and Artistic Value, The Aesthetic and the Artistic, and Distinctive Modes of Imaging.