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The Thing and Art
Two Essays on the Ontotopy of the Work of Art
Series: - On the Boundary of Two Worlds, Volume: 16
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On the grounds of the interpretation of Rainer Maria Rilkeâs poetry and Paul Cézanneâs 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.
âThe publication of Arvydas Sliogerisâs The Thing and Art: Two Essays on the Ontotopy of the Work of Art is an important event. A central figure in Lithuanian philosophy, Sliogerisâs work makes its appearance in the series edited by Leonidas Donskis, ââOn the Boundary of Two Worlds: Identity, Freedom, and Moral Imagination in the Baltics.ââ It is a work that can be singled out for the brilliance of his style, as well as for the philosophical preoccupations that would, on the surface, define it asââ postmodernist. ââYet a profound conservatism inspires Sliogerisâs work, which is at odds with postmodernist critiques of origins and universalism. Still, in one sense, he shares the contemporary preoccupation with the development of a non-aesthetical philosophy of art.â in: The European Legacy, Vol. 17, No. 6, pp. 827â829, 2012
Introduction by Leonidas Donskis
The Thing and Relation in R.M. Rilkeâs Poetry
P. Cézanne and the End of Classical Western Painting
Notes
List of Works Cited
The Thing and Relation in R.M. Rilkeâs Poetry
P. Cézanne and the End of Classical Western Painting
Notes
List of Works Cited