Reading The Transfiguration of the Commonplace | Alexandria
Read The Transfiguration of the Commonplace by Arthur Danto. Transforming a soup can into high art, Danto's revolutionary insight exposed the invisible line between everyday objects and masterpieces, proving that context—not appearance—defines art. By showing how identical items can be both ordinary and extraordinary, he revealed art's true power lies in its ideas, not its aesthetics.