The Thing and Art

Two Essays on the Ontotopy of the Work of Art
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-90-420-2564-6
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi

Buch, Englisch, Band 16, 155 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 254 g

Reihe: On the Boundary of Two Worlds

On the grounds of the interpretation of Rainer Maria Rilke’s poetry and Paul Cézanne’s paintings the book attempts to approach the work of art as a thing. This lets to overcome a one-sided aesthetical interpretation of the origin of the work of art and to indicate its place in the cosmos of uncreated, i.e. not hominized things. So, the second fundamental issue raised is a try to point out a metaphysical difference between a hominized and not hominized (natural) thing. Such a non-aesthetical point of view is called ontotopy by the author and is opposed to traditional ontology and the philosophy of art.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Šliogeris, Arvydas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunsttheorie, Kunstphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunstpsychologie und -soziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction by Leonidas Donskis
The Thing and Relation in R.M. Rilke’s Poetry
P. Cézanne and the End of Classical Western Painting
Notes
List of Works Cited