Art as a Revelation -- Class reading
When discussing art as a
revelation, Wartenberg writes in his The
Nature of Art that for Schopenhauer, “art reveals the nature of reality and
gives us access to metaphysical truths about existence” (Wartenberg, 64). Thus the artist is capable of telling truth
about the world yet struggles to reach the fullness of all understanding. Art can reveal metaphysical truths whereas
science is limited to the realm of appearances.
This is interesting in that all art can represent ideas whereas science
can only represent things.
Schopenhauer asserts that
music is the highest form of art because it brings us into direct contact with
the will itself. Here is where I would
disagree. I believe all forms of art
have the potential to create an ecstatic experience. Since art represents ideas and reveals to us
truth about God, there are numerous ways in which we can come into contract
with reality.
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