Concepţii moderne în estetica sublimului
Modern views in the aesthetics of the sublime

Summary/Abstract: Focusing on the modern conceptions in aesthetics and philosophy of art, this study addresses the dichotomy between beautiful and sublime. The way this relationship is understood plays a crucial role in classifying the sublime into moral, religious or aesthetic types of sublime, as well as in determining the way that natural objects or artistic artifacts generate the experience of the sublime in the contemplative subject. According to Hartmann, the aesthetics of the sublime is incorporated in the aesthetics of the beautiful for, in what is strictly related to art, beauty remains the central category, the sublime in it making it even more profound and enchanting. Finally, following Schiller’s account on this issue, our study emphasizes the need of both beauty and sublime in a one’s life, especially in nowadays when beauty seems to be everywhere, but the frequency of the experience of the sublime appears to be declining.

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