The "is of artistic identification"

 Danto’s views were revolved around  the question on how to distinguish to objects that are identical, one being the piece of art and the other just an ordinary object, or as he says “ perceptually indistinguishable counterparts.” He views on art consist of two parts. One being art theories such as the “is” of artistic identification, the other being what he calls the “Artworld.” The “Artworld” consists of knowing the history of art as well as knowing artistic theories. He states that in order to see an art as a true piece of artwork one must have a deep understanding of the history of that art piece. The “is” of artistic Identification according to Danto is a method which one can use to tell the difference between a real object and a piece of artwork. For example; when one says “A is B” the “A”, has a certain property that object B does not possess, therefore making “A” an artwork. Danto uses the example of Warhol’s Brillo Box, it looks identical to a generic brillo box, (A is B) but the what makes Warhol’s a work of art is the fact that is was made with greater care and refined and not mass produced therefore it possesses a property that a generic brillo box does not. (A possess a property which B does not making A the work of art.)