Thus, the talk continues as to what mode of aesthetic satisfaction, if any, is required to outline ‘art’. Disputes as as to whether or not to classify something as a work of art are known as classificatory disputes about art. Classificatory disputes within the twentieth century have included cubist and impressionist paintings, Duchamp’s Fountain, the movies, superlative imitations of banknotes, conceptual art, and video video games.
Pop art reached its peak of activity in the 1960s, emphasizing the banal or kitschy components of on a daily basis life in such varieties as mechanically reproduced silkscreens, large-scale facsimiles, and soft pop …