Arnold Gehlen on Modern Art, Culture and Posthistoire
Arnold Gehlen on Modern Art, Culture and Posthistoire
Author(s): Daniela BlahutkováSubject(s): Philosophy, Aesthetics
Published by: Spoločnosť pre estetiku na Slovensku a Inštitút estetiky a umeleckej kultúry Filozofickej fakulty Prešovskej univerzity v Prešove
Keywords: Arnold Gehlen; posthistory; sociological theory of art; aesthetics of modern painting;
Summary/Abstract: Arnold Gehlen's use of the term posthistory can be traced back to his writings from the 50s. It occurs also in Zeit-Bilder. Zur Soziologie und Ästhetik der modernen Malerei (1960/1986), where his theory of pictorial racionality in art history is formulated and "peinture conceptuelle" as the key tendency of modern painting is appointed. Focusing on both, Gehlen's aesthetics of modern art and his theorem of posthistory (or crystallization of socio-cultural structures), we try to remind of the conservative thinker's contribution to today's debates of art and art history.
Journal: ESPES
- Issue Year: 8/2019
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 74-84
- Page Count: 11
- Language: Czech
