Art the Arts and the Great Ideas Author:Mortimer J. Adler Does a piece of visual or musical art have any content? Do the fine arts have anything at all to say about ideas? Adler ambitiously defines the words "art," "idea," and "significance" in terms of their differing philosophical meanings. Fundamental to his argument is whether visual art and the performing arts can elicit the discussion of ideas an... more »d basic concepts that do books.« less