Letter from George W. Lewis to William Tudor,

One letter inquiring if Tudor wished to send any letters to Boston with Lewis when he sailed.

A questão da natureza da arte: as teorias históricas de Levinson e Carroll

Levinson’s and Carroll’s historical theories are among the most interesting contemporary answers to the problem of knowing what art is. Although both authors believe that we cannot ignore the relation between art and its own history in order to understand the nature of art, their projects have very different ambitions. Levinson seeks a real definition of art, capable of dealing with every possible case. Carroll, who believes that Levinson’s project faces many difficulties, proposes just a criterion to identify works of art, thus providing a characterization or nominal definition of art. In this paper my aim is to present and discuss, albeit succinctly, these two philosophical theories about the nature of art, and to determine whether they fulfill their own ends

Lewis Cass

Inscription: Engd by W.J. Edwards, from Dag. by Brady.; Portrait with decorative border and vignette entitled: "Genl. Cass at a treat with the Indians." Cass was the first Governor of Michigan. Image removed from unidentified book.