Filozofska istraživanja, Vol. 39 No. 4, 2019.
Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.21464/fi39402
Artistic Creation: From Kant’s Genius to Contemporary Cognitive Sciences and Artistic Practices
Iris Vidmar Jovanović
orcid.org/0000-0003-3780-6457
; Sveučilište u Rijeci, Filozofski fakultet, Sveučilišna avenija 4, HR–51000 Rijeka
Abstract
With his thesis on the genius who does not know from where their ideas come from and how they create, Kant left an indelible mark on thought concerning art and artistic creation. He insisted that it represents a unique act by natural gift, and thus specific for the domain of art, and specifically not belonging to the domain of science. Although today we know that such a disposition is wrong, many of Kant’s claims are supported in contemporary theories in cognitive science, but also by the artistic practice. In this paper, I will analyse Kant’s theory of beautiful art and artistic creation in the context of contemporary research on creativity and talent and show how much is Kant’s theory on beautiful art and artistic creation rich explanatory, especially for understanding and thinking the artistic creation, artistic reception and artistic practice.
Keywords
genius; Immanuel Kant; creativity; art; artistic practice
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Publication date:
17.2.2020.
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