What are art and artistic value?
Some contributions based on Jon Elster’s theory of creativity in the arts
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https://doi.org/10.14422/pen.v78.i297.y2022.011Keywords:
art theory, contemporary art, Postmodernism, Aesthetic emotions, Aesthetic valueAbstract
This paper, building on Jon Elster’s theory of creativity in the arts, tries to offer a draft of a definition of art as well as the basis for a theory of artistic value. It is argued that a work of art is a human creation made with the intention of inducing an aesthetic experience, as well as that the main value of a work of art consists on its capacity to produce aesthetic and non-aesthetic emotions. This conception implies some serious difficulties for some important forms of contemporary art, as conceptual art.
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