Two of the most important modernist artists Marcel Proust and Andy Warhol also developed
aesthetic theories. Proust presents imaginary artists - a composer a painter and a novelist.
Warhol made paintings and sculptures created art history writing fiction and films and
sponsored a rock group. Warhol most likely never read Proust but because their ways of
thinking contrast dramatically much can be learned about both men's art by comparing: the
imaginary painting described by Proust to Warhol's Marilyn Diptych the ways that Proust and
Warhol understand art-making how Proust and Warhol define art and the ways that Elstir's
studio differs from Warhol's factory. Also discussed is the relationship of their homosexuality
to their art. Proust Warhol: Analytical Philosophy of Art employs three key intellectual tools:
the aesthetic theory of Arthur Danto the account of Proust by Joshua Landy and the analysis
of the art of living by Alexander Nehamas. Proust Warhol concludes with a discussion of an
issue of particular importance for Warhol the relationship between art and fashion.
