What Art Is and What Art Is For——A Comment on Adorno's Definition of Art Thinking
In the academic world,the question on what art is and what art is for has always been controversial,which has not yet been effectively resolved even to this day.Adorno keenly captured the crux of this issue and examines the historical definition of art in a dialectical manner,and then nominated art in terms of mimicry,pyrotechnics,illusion,spirit,etc.,thus demonstrating the multiplicity and ambiguity of the definition of art.Taking this as a logical starting point,Adorno makes an in-depth search for the essence of art,denies the historical"essentialism",emphasizes the non-determinism of the essence of art,and clarifies the subjective responsibility that art should assume.Although Adorno's search for the essence of art is still controversial,and the question of what art is and what art is for is still open to further debate,Adorno's discussion about"anti-art"provides a possibility,in essence,for the development of art,which should be valued by us.
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