Essentialism and Historicism in Danto's Philosophy of Art.

Talks about the relationship between essentialism and historicism in Arthur C. Danto's philosophy of art from his book `Transfiguration of the Commonplace' up to his `After the End of Art: Contemporary Art and the Pale of History.' Argument of Danto on essentialism and historicism; Why the self-consciousness of modern art precipitated an identity crisis according to Danto; Philosophical reason of Danto why art cannot define itself.