Institutional Theories of Art and Instrumentalism

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• Reminders
• Contextualism
• Institutional theory of art (George Dickie)
• Art world theory of art (Arthur  Danto)
• Theory of art within traditions (Marcia Eaton)
• Cultural questions
• Examples: Amish quilts? Civil War photographs?
• Questions: Institutional Theory
• Instrumentalism
• Questions: instrumentalism