RT info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart
T1 Transfiguration/transubstantiation
A1 Castro, Sixto J.
AB Arthur Danto's theory of art assumes a theological way of thinking about indiscernible realities that has been the subject of theological dispute for almost two millennia. Transfiguration–metamorphosis–necessarily involves a change in appearance or in aesthetic properties. Transubstantiation means an ontological change that excludes a priori any perceptible difference. Danto often insists on this very particular aspect when he explains the relationship between artworks and commonplace objects. It seems that Danto's theory is better understood by reference to transubstantiation than to transfiguration. But his philosophy of art history may justify his use of ‘transfiguration.’
PB John Wiley & Sons
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/83014
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/83014
LA eng
NO Jonathan Gilmore and Lydia Goehr (eds.), A Companion to Arthur Danto. Hoboken. NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2022, p. 233-239
DS UVaDOC
RD 24-feb-2026