Author(s): Robert Stecker
Journal: Annales Philosophici
ISSN 2067-3159
Volume: 1;
Issue: 1;
Start page: 83;
Date: 2010;
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Keywords: artworks | aesthetic essentialism | the ambitious strategy | the modest strategy | the unique value strategy
ABSTRACT
This paper focuses on the most widely accepted candidate for the essential aspect of artistic value: aesthetic value. The idea that aesthetic value pervades artworks that are valuable at all, was put into doubt by a number of artistic movements that arose in the twentieth century such a Dada and its descendants including conceptual art. Recently, a number of philosophers have tried to resurrect aesthetic essentialism, as I will call the idea that aesthetic value is at the core of artistic value. The purpose of this paper is to argue that this project hasn’t and won’t succeed.
Journal: Annales Philosophici
ISSN 2067-3159
Volume: 1;
Issue: 1;
Start page: 83;
Date: 2010;
VIEW PDF
DOWNLOAD PDF Original pageKeywords: artworks | aesthetic essentialism | the ambitious strategy | the modest strategy | the unique value strategy
ABSTRACT
This paper focuses on the most widely accepted candidate for the essential aspect of artistic value: aesthetic value. The idea that aesthetic value pervades artworks that are valuable at all, was put into doubt by a number of artistic movements that arose in the twentieth century such a Dada and its descendants including conceptual art. Recently, a number of philosophers have tried to resurrect aesthetic essentialism, as I will call the idea that aesthetic value is at the core of artistic value. The purpose of this paper is to argue that this project hasn’t and won’t succeed.
