Umjetničko stvaranje: od Kantova genija do suvremenih kognitivnih znanosti i umjetničkih praksi
Artistic Creation: From Kant’s Genius to Contemporary Cognitive Sciences and Artistic Practices

Summary/Abstract: Kant’s claim that a genius does not know where his ideas come from and that he cannot explain his creative process has left a permanent impact on our notions of art and artistic creation. Kant claimed that artistic creation is a unique act grounded in the nature’s gift to the artist – his geniality – found only in domain of fine art, not in the sciences. Although such a view has been discarded, many of Kant’s postulates regarding artistic creation have been confirmed by contemporary developments within cognitive sciences and artistic practices. In this paper I analyze Kant’s theory of fine art and artistic creation from the perspective of recent research regarding creativity and talent, showing along the way the richness and explanatory power of Kant’s theory, primarily for the way we think about artistic creation, reception and artistic practices.

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