„PURE VISIBILITY” IN KONRAD FIEDLER’S FORMAL AESTHETICS Cover Image

„CZYSTA WIDZIALNOŚĆ” W ESTETYCE FORMALNEJ KONRADA FIEDLERA
„PURE VISIBILITY” IN KONRAD FIEDLER’S FORMAL AESTHETICS

Author(s): Magda Kaźmierczak
Subject(s): Aesthetics, Contemporary Philosophy, German Idealism, Sociology of Art
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Konrad Fiedler; Immanuel Kant; formal aesthetics; pure visibility; theory of vision; theory of art;

Summary/Abstract: Nowadays still not well known, Konrad Fiedler was an extremely original philosopher of art and an inspiring follower of Kant. He created a theory of art’s autonomy and his pioneering thought contributed not only to the formalist theory of art but also and foremost to creating an epistemology that later became a foundation of theories of art stressing the uniqueness of seeing and raising the status of visual representations. The artistic way of seeing, according to him, undiscloses the principles of how the world emerges from nothingness of chaotic sensations – it is the way of seeing that presents „pure visibility”. According to Fiedler, this way of seeing is the basis of each true artistic creative act.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 39
  • Page Range: 142-163
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish