The thing and art : two essays on the ontotopy of the work of art / Arvydas Sliogeris ; translated from Lithuanian by Robertas Beinartas ; introduced by Leonidas Donskis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Šliogeris, Arvydas.

Series:

On the boundary of two worlds ; 16.

On the boundary of two worlds ; 16

Standardized Title:

Daiktas ir menas. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art--Philosophy.

Art.

Haecceity (Philosophy).

Cézanne, Paul, 1839-1906--Criticism and interpretation.

Cézanne, Paul.

Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926--Criticism and interpretation.

Rilke, Rainer Maria.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (168 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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, id est 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.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

THE THING AND RELATION IN R M RILKE’S POETRY

P CÉZANNE AND THE END OF CLASSICAL WESTERN PAINTING

NOTES

LIST OF WORKS CITED.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-59429-X

9786612594298

90-420-2881-5

1-4416-0642-4

OCLC:

659500164

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789042028814 DOI