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Ideas from 'The Artworld' by Arthur C. Danto [1964], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Aesthetics and the Phil of Art (Analytic trad)' (ed/tr Lamarque,P/Olsen,SH) [Blackwell 2004,978-1-4051-0582-8]].

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21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 6. Art as Institution
20328 A thing is only seen as art in an 'artworld', which has a theory and a history
                        Full Idea: To see something as art requires something the eye cannot descry - an atmosphere of artistic theory, a knowledge of the history of art: an artworld.
                        From: Arthur C. Danto (The Artworld [1964], II)
                        A reaction: The editors of the volume call this a revolutionary remark, followed up by Danto and George Dickie with a social and institutional account of art. Danto's key example is Warhol's Brillo pads - art in a gallery, cleaning material in a shop.