Showing posts with label the Republic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the Republic. Show all posts

Sunday, February 6, 2011

The Right to Expression... Art

If you can't define art, can you make a right for it?

Philosophers throughout history have defined art differently: 
Plato says in the Republic that the arts are representational, or mimetic copies,
Gadamer defines art as the "experience of meaning",
Croce as "expression,"
and Adorno as "social" representation.

Some have said art cannot be defined:
Wittgenstein didn't believe in a definition of art,
saying that the definition itself would stifle artistic creativity.

Artist Andy Warhol thought art was life itself.

Without coming up with an definitive answer to What is Art?,
I declare The Right to Art.

How do you define Art?