Paul Oskar Kristeller
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| - | "The way that only certain activities are [[Classificatory disputes about art|classified today as art]] is a [[Social constructionism|social construction]]. The art history book ''[[The Invention of Art]]'' (2003), referencing "[[The Modern System of the Arts]]" (1951) by Paul Oskar Kristeller, finds evidence that the older system of the arts before our modern system ([[fine art]]) held art to be any [[skill]]ed [[human activity]] i.e. [[Ancient Greek society]] did not possess the term art but ''[[techne]]''. Techne can be understood neither as [[art]] or [[craft]], the reason being that the distinctions of art and craft are historical products that came later on in human history. ''Techne'' included [[painting]], [[sculpting]] and [[music]] but also; cooking, medicine, [[horsemanship]], [[geometry]], [[carpentry]], [[prophecy]], and farming etc." --Sholem Stein | ||
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| - | '''Paul Oskar Kristeller''' (May 22, 1905 in [[Berlin]] – June 7, 1999 in [[New York City|New York]], [[USA]]) was an important scholar of [[Renaissance humanism]]. He was awarded the [[Haskins Medal]] in 1992. He was last active as Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at [[Columbia University]] in [[New York City|New York]], where he mentored both [[Irving Louis Horowitz]] and [[A. James Gregor]]. | + | '''Paul Oskar Kristeller''' (May 22, 1905 in [[Berlin]] – June 7, 1999 in [[New York City|New York]], [[USA]]) was a scholar of [[Renaissance humanism]]. He is perhaps best known for his essay "[[The Modern System of the Arts]]" (1951). |
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| + | He was awarded the [[Haskins Medal]] in 1992. He was last active as Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at [[Columbia University]] in [[New York City|New York]], where he mentored both [[Irving Louis Horowitz]] and [[A. James Gregor]]. | ||
| - | An especially important achievement is his ''Iter Italicum'' (the title recalls ''Iter Alemannicum'' and other works of [[Martin Gerbert]]), a large work describing numerous uncatalogued manuscripts. After decades of neglect, Kristeller's lengthy, erudite essay of the early 1950s, "[[The Modern System of the Arts]]", in ''[[Journal of the History of Ideas]]'', proved to be an influential, much reprinted classic reading in [[Philosophy of art]]. | + | An especially important achievement is his ''Iter Italicum'' (the title recalls ''Iter Alemannicum'' and other works of [[Martin Gerbert]]), a large work describing numerous uncatalogued manuscripts. |
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Paul Oskar Kristeller (May 22, 1905 in Berlin – June 7, 1999 in New York, USA) was a scholar of Renaissance humanism. He is perhaps best known for his essay "The Modern System of the Arts" (1951).
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He was awarded the Haskins Medal in 1992. He was last active as Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Columbia University in New York, where he mentored both Irving Louis Horowitz and A. James Gregor.
An especially important achievement is his Iter Italicum (the title recalls Iter Alemannicum and other works of Martin Gerbert), a large work describing numerous uncatalogued manuscripts.
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