Birthdate: January 1, 1924
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Died: October 25, 2013
Arthur Coleman Danto was a distinguished American art critic, philosopher, and Columbia University professor. He was well-known for his significant contributions to philosophical aesthetics, philosophy of history, and the philosophy of action. Danto’s wide-ranging interests included thought, feeling, philosophy of art, theories of representation, philosophical psychology, Hegel’s aesthetics, and the philosophies of Friedrich Nietzsche and Jean-Paul Sartre. He also had a long-standing association with The Nation as an art critic and left a lasting impact on numerous academic disciplines.
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