Artworks Are Not Valuable for Their Own Sake
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0021-8529,1540-6245
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6245.2012.01519.x