Ontology of Meaning between the Artist's Intention and the Viewer's Perception
Ontology of Meaning between the Artist's Intention and the Viewer's Perception

Summary/Abstract: The paper investigates the ontological status of the meaning of the artwork, analyzing the conceptual tension between the author’s intentionalism and the receiver’s interpretive freedom. Oscillating between traditional aesthetics (which places the truth of the work in the mind of the creator) and postmodern radicalism (which proclaims the “death of the author”), the study proposes an integrative vision based on philosophical hermeneutics and the aesthetics of reception. In order to demonstrate the dynamics of these theories, the discourse evolves from philosophical foundations towards historical and contemporary analysis of the artistic phenomenon. It is argued that the evolution of art, from classicism to contemporary immersive installations, marks a transition from meaning as a static, pre-existing entity to meaning as a relational event, actively co-created by the viewer.

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