Rate Professor Arthur Danto

Academic Profile

Academic Background: Arthur Danto received his BA from Wayne State University and his PhD from Columbia University in 1952.

Research Interests: His work focused on philosophy of art, aesthetics, and history.

Appointments: Johnsonian Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus at Columbia University.

Publications: Authored The Transfiguration of the Commonplace (Harvard University Press, 1981).

Additional Contributions: Influential art critic for The Nation.