What is the Work of Art? Aesthetics and Hermeneutics in H.-G. Gadamer
What is a work of art? According to Gadamer, the answer to this question opens up a series of issues, not limited to the aesthetic realm, that form the basis of the project of a philosophical hermeneutics. Only an understanding of the ontology of the work of art can explain the experience we have of history and language. The work of art thus reveals itself to be the gateway to philosophical hermeneutics and its problems.In this paper, I examine the fundamental features of Gadamer's critique of modern aesthetic reflection, which, by separating art and truth, is incapable of describing the human experience of a work of art.
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