Emerson on the Future of Art

IF 0.1 3区文学 0 LITERARY THEORY & CRITICISM

PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI:10.1353/phl.2023.a899676

Jeffrey S. Wieand

引用次数: 0

Abstract

Abstract:This paper discusses Emerson's thoughts on the history and future of art in his 1841 essay "Art." I suggest that characterizing Emerson as a "functionalist" obscures the radical nature of his views and that Emerson ultimately sought the disappearance of the fine arts altogether through a merger of fine art with other creative activities. Emerson seeks to raise human creativity to a divine level and to incorporate beauty in the nature and actions of human beings themselves. I conclude with a brief discussion of the relation between subsequent art movements and Emerson's ideas.

查看原文本刊更多论文

爱默生谈艺术的未来

摘要:本文探讨了爱默生在1841年的随笔《艺术》中对艺术的历史和未来的思考。我认为，将爱默生描述为“功能主义者”掩盖了他观点的激进本质，并且爱默生最终寻求通过美术与其他创造性活动的合并而使美术彻底消失。爱默生试图将人类的创造力提升到神圣的水平，并将美融入到人类自身的自然和行为中。最后，我简要讨论了后来的艺术运动与爱默生思想之间的关系。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE Multiple-

CiteScore

0.20

自引率

0.00%

发文量

期刊介绍： For more than a quarter century, Philosophy and Literature has explored the dialogue between literary and philosophical studies. The journal offers a constant source of fresh, stimulating ideas in the aesthetics of literature, theory of criticism, philosophical interpretation of literature, and literary treatment of philosophy. Philosophy and Literature challenges the cant and pretensions of academic priesthoods by publishing an assortment of lively, wide-ranging essays, notes, and reviews that are written in clear, jargon-free prose. In his regular column, editor Denis Dutton targets the fashions and inanities of contemporary intellectual life.