Definition & Identification

Art is considered in its highest vocation and has remained a thing of the past for many people. This means that it has lost its genuine truth and life which means that it has been transformed into our ideas losing its necessity in reality and losing its high place. Hegel end of art thesis is a structural feature of his philosophy of art rather than a consideration of art during his time (Davies, 2010). The thesis addresses how other philosophers have said in regards to art. Hegel considers that there is art and the end of the art and it can be used as a form of play, recreation, decorating, pleasant external uses of life, artistic adornment, and entertainment. Due to the number of roles played by art Hegel considers it as an objective spirit of the society. According to Hegel, the universe needs art as it is a rational need for a man which lifts both the inner and external spiritual world that recognizes against its self. This is considered to be the highest vacation which has an application in the end of art thesis (Davies, 2010).

Arthur Danto validates art separately within the globe of influence and the historical influences. The art world comprises of and is developed by individuals who take part in the art process either by selling, buying, trading or either making a critique of art (Davies, 2010). The global social influence is brought about by their opinion either implicit or explicit as well as the great people who invest in it. Danto has parallel artwork to that of primary sources. According to Danto, the Rosetta Stone was a hieroglyphics artwork that may be interpreted not only to be an artwork but also a concept of prevailing artwork that can look into the emotion of era. Danto has a unique notion of secular movement and unfolding events that happen to art rather than considering the highest transcendental source of great inspirational art (Davies, 2010).

The Hegelian dialectic is important as it forms a framework that guides the thoughts and actions in conflicts leading to a predetermined solution. It helps in the implementation of a vision. It is also an important tool that manipulates a circular pattern of a fight and defends ideology in playing a significant role in Engels and Marx design of humanity (Davies, 2010). The Hegelian solution credits that the conflicts cannot be introduced unless individuals take sides which will advance the agenda.

Brillo Box by Andy Warhol was considered an artwork when all other identical Brillo pad boxes were considered not to be. According to Danto the Brillo box in the supermarket, storeroom had a certain theory of artwork. When Danto took up Hegel thesis of ‘the end of the art’ in 1838 he argued that art does not imitate itself longer the same as for the other piles of Brillo boxes. In order to come up with a conclusion that the Brillo Box was an artwork, Danto took the method of indiscernible which was a tool of unlocking the problem in art (Davies, 2010). In contrast, he considered the difference between the raising of a hand and an arm rising which has nothing visible which cannot be spoken in scientific terms.

According to Danto philosophy of art is an inquiry that distinguishes art objects from other objects around the world. According to Danto aesthetics is a matter of delectation which things appear to the sense with a superiority argument over the other (Rollins, 2012). The identification of the artwork by Danto is the aesthetics of visual art. This is followed by a concept of creativity. The imitation theory and the reality theory by Danto explain how art can be defined. 

The imitation theory is based on the idea that art is imitated on reality. Due to the insufficient mimetic of the imitation theory of the post-impressionist of painting the reality theory explains how the new works are art. An example of the reality theory is the Roy Lichtenstein’s huge paintings that were of comic book panel where not imitated but were new. The reality theory tends to explain the art behind something that is distinguishable and original. This means that the artist in question was able to understand the imitation theory. Danto Artworld is defined by the cultural context of the artistic theory that the imitation of real objects is art but not the objects themselves. This creates the ability to distinguish art from which it is and which should not be considered as art.

Hegel aesthetic definition of art rather than fine art is beautiful. This comes with the scientific sensation of the feeling that excludes the beauty of nature such as rivers, animals, flowers, and beautiful people. The beauty of art is a spirit (Rollins, 2012). Art can be identified through the realms of nature that cannot be examined and classified under the view of beauty. However, there is an objection of how fine art is treated scientifically. The imitation theory according to Hegel identifies art as an imitation of nature.

Jean-Franscois Lyotard critic of art history is based on the influence of influential postmodernism. The modernity was achieved through science and technology that reshaped human perceptions. The scientific model was considered by Hegel in which Lyotard considered to have many proponents that posed a challenge of a clear distinction between natural and artificial. Lyotard argues that most of the modern people cannot relate to the objects of art due to lack of experience (Jones, 2014).

Sol LeWitt view of visual art consists of basic colors, lines and simple shapes. Different from Hegel scientific view he developed his own mathematical equations and architectural specification to be neither predictable or be logic. According to LeWitt the process of producing an artwork becomes the work itself and the work was not required to have the actual materials necessary for the art (Meltzer, 2013). LeWitt acknowledges that the artwork can exist on its own as the conceptual pieces are the least of the basic forms. In order to simplify art, LeWitt employs a traditional material such as wood, paint, and canvas by focusing less on concepts and systems. LeWitt has appreciated the character of conceptual art.

In conclusion, Danto and Hegel have clearly explained the end of the art. It is true to say Danto has a strong argument for the imitation and the reality theory and why the Brillo Box was a unique from the other pile of boxes. Hegel argument of the internal and external spirit gives the thesis of the end of the art a strong base of the scientific identification of art. However, the critics have identified why art is unable to relate to the modern person. Therefore Danto and Hegel definition and identification of art is significant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reference

Davies, S. (2010). Philosophical perspectives on art. Oxford: Oxford University Press

Jones, G. (2014). Lyotard reframed: Interpreting key thinkers for the arts. London: I.B. Tauris.

Meltzer, E. (2013). Systems we have loved: Conceptual art, affect, and the antihumanist turn.

Rollins, M. (2012). Danto and his critics. Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.