Why Painting Matters: Some Phenomenological Approaches

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A. Rudd
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Abstract The question of the value of painting—why paintings should matter to us—has been addressed by a number of Phenomenological philosophers. In this paper, I critically review recent discussions of this topic by Simon Crowell and Paul Crowther—while also looking back to work by Merleau-Ponty and Michel Henry. All the views I discuss claim that painting is important (at least in part) because it can make manifest certain philosophically important truths. While sympathetic to this approach, I discuss various problems with it. Firstly, are these truths verbally explicable, or only communicable through the artwork itself? Secondly, if its truthfulness is the reason why we value painting, can this criterion track our intuitive judgements about relative artistic merit? Thirdly, can the truthfulness of painting be a reason for valuing it if that truth is divorced from its traditional association with Beauty and Goodness? I suggest ways in which the first and second problems could in principle be solved, but argue in response to the third that truth must indeed be seen in the context of other values if it is to explain why painting matters.
绘画为什么重要:一些现象学方法
绘画的价值问题——为什么绘画对我们重要——已经被许多现象学哲学家所探讨。在本文中,我批判性地回顾了西蒙·克罗威尔和保罗·克劳瑟最近对这一主题的讨论,同时也回顾了梅洛-庞蒂和米歇尔·亨利的工作。我讨论的所有观点都声称绘画是重要的(至少部分),因为它可以体现某些哲学上重要的真理。虽然我赞同这种方法,但我用它来讨论各种问题。首先,这些真理是可以用语言解释的,还是只能通过艺术品本身来传达?其次,如果它的真实性是我们重视绘画的原因,那么这个标准是否可以跟踪我们对相对艺术价值的直觉判断?第三,如果绘画的真实性脱离了它与美与善的传统联系,那么绘画的真实性能成为重视它的理由吗?我提出了第一个和第二个问题原则上可以解决的方法,但在回应第三个问题时,我认为,如果要解释为什么绘画很重要,就必须在其他价值观的背景下看待真理。
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