Fin de l’art et la mélancolie

Abstract

Based on the theory of Arthur Coleman Danto I try to outline possible similarities between the state of art after its end and the state of melancholy. The melancholic breaks the order, thus paradoxically drawing its boundaries. Aristotle’s Problems , Robert Burton’s Melancholia , and a study of Melancholia of theorist László F. Földényi help us to name characteristics of this state.