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| Abstract art: abstract art is a style of art that does not attempt to represent an accurate depiction of a visual reality but instead uses shapes, colors, forms, and gestural marks to achieve its effect. It emerged in the mid-19th century as part of the Modern Art Movement, which saw a shift from traditional art and philosophies. _____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Hans-Georg Gadamer on Abstract Art - Dictionary of Arguments
I 97 Comment Abstract Art/Gadamer: The contemporary discussion about abstract art is, in my opinion, in the process of drifting into an abstract opposition of "representational" and "non-representational". There is in fact a polemical accent on the concept of abstractness. Polemics, however, always presupposes common ground. In this way, abstract art does not detach itself from the reference to representationalism per se, but holds it in the form of privation. It cannot go beyond this, provided that our seeing is and remains a seeing of objects. There can only be aesthetic vision in the absence of the habits of practically directed seeing - and what one refrains from, one must see, indeed, keep an eye on. The theses of Bernhard Berenson are similar: "What we generally call 'seeing', is a convenient arrangement." "The fine arts are a compromise between what we see and what we know" (Berenson, Sehen und Wissen, Die Neue Rundschau, 1959, pp. 55-77). >Form and Content/Gadamer, >Art, >Artworks, >Aesthetics, >Beauty._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Gadamer I Hans-Georg Gadamer Wahrheit und Methode. Grundzüge einer philosophischen Hermeneutik 7. durchgesehene Auflage Tübingen 1960/2010 Gadamer II H. G. Gadamer The Relevance of the Beautiful, London 1986 German Edition: Die Aktualität des Schönen: Kunst als Spiel, Symbol und Fest Stuttgart 1977 |
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