The Debate on Medium in Contemporary Philosophy of Art
Contemporary philosophy of art has generated different debates about the nature and role of the medium."Medium specificity"originated from Lessing's theory on the boundaries between poetry and painting,emphasizing that each art has its own specific medium.Noël Carroll continuously criticized medium-specificity,and proposed to"forget the medium",focusing on observing the move-ment of images and the process of cinema development.He emphasized that different mediums interact-ed with each other,but he considered the medium only as a physical material.The theory of"medium specificity"resurfaces in contemporary philosophy of art with the introduction of concepts such as"me-dia nest"and"media profile."These concepts no longer view media as mere materials but as technolo-gies and resources.They no longer see the media as material,but as a unity of technology,resources and symbols,thus criticizing Carroll's view of the medium.Overall,this media debate still regards the media as a tool for artistic expression,and we can go beyond the media debate only if we do not consid-er media solely as tool.The medium includes both the materials and symbols,and one's aesthetic per-ception is realized through media in the pluralistic artistic practice.
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