

Author: Esquível Patrícia
Publisher: Felix Meiner Verlag
ISSN: 0044-2186
Source: Zeitschrift für Ästhetik und allgemeine Kunstwissenschaft, Vol.56, Iss.2, 2011-11, pp. : 297-306
Disclaimer: Any content in publications that violate the sovereignty, the constitution or regulations of the PRC is not accepted or approved by CNPIEC.
Abstract
Arthur Danto proclaimed the »end of art«, that is, the end of the history of art structured on a narrative and unidirectional basis. But in contrast to Danto's ideas, we detect a telos in the contemporary art world, especially in historiography. This telos is globalisation. At present, we have a clearly expansive unidirectional narrative in which the norm can be summed up as »network legitimation.« A network that is growing in extent (more regions of the world), saturation (more objects) and historicity (further-ranging chains of development). The network also has a centre, the West, although it may not last forever.
Related content


Introduction: The ABC of Globalization and Contemporary Art
Third Text, Vol. 27, Iss. 4, 2013-07 ,pp. :


The International Journal of the Arts in Society: Annual Review, Vol. 6, Iss. 1, 2011-01 ,pp. :


The International Journal of the Arts in Society: Annual Review, Vol. 4, Iss. 1, 2009-01 ,pp. :


Globalization, Economics and Museums
The International Journal of the Arts in Society: Annual Review, Vol. 3, Iss. 3, 2008-01 ,pp. :


Beauty, Emotion, and Globalization
The International Journal of Arts Theory and History, Vol. 10, Iss. 1, 2014-01 ,pp. :