Kant's Aesthetics 3 - on The Beautiful, The Sublime, Art & Genius.mov

This is a little commentary for my Aesthetics class on Kant's distinction between the beautiful & the sublime. It also discusses the various types of art & the role of genius in fine arts

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[sethtichenor]

@Kennethloch456 Well it looks like the video cuts off early for some reason. I'll try to fix that. However, it sounds like you might have missed the las 2.5 minutes or so of the video. I did mention in there that Kant saw fine art (as opposed to crafts & mechanical arts) as novel, creative, and "purposelessly purposive". And, it is in this that "genius" is finds it's expression in the fine arts. If you'd like, though, I can put together a video on various philosophical concepts of genius.

[sethtichenor]

Thanks for your comment. I get the impression you might have thought this video was meant to say something about MY thoughts on genius. This isn't the case. It's simply discussing the philosopher Kant's concept of genius within works of fine art. If you're interested in the concept of genius you might try Kant's "Critique of Judgement". I also suggest looking at Arthur Schopenhauer's, Friedrich Nietzsche's, Walter Benjamin's & Ralph Waldo Emerson's writings on the subject.

[kennethloch456]

@sethtichenor I watched the whole video. Do you know anything about the enlightenment, that the genius witnesses, by being the last of the avant-garde painters of the abstract art movement of the 20th century, and how that enlightenment provides the means for the fine arts to enter into a 21st century renaissance? I'm claiming to have first hand knowledge of all of this. Are you interested in learning and acknowledging this knowledge from me and becoming enlightened, as I am enlightened?

[kennethloch456]

@sethtichenor I was hoping for you to explain Kant's thought on Genius. You left out a lot. You should have mentioned that he believed that fine art was the product of the Genius, and about the concept that fine art is required to be original... . He inspired me to discover my Genius. I thank him very much.

[kennethloch456]

To know what a genius is is to know who a genius is. To know what and / or who a genius is is to know what fine art is, because the genius is the producer of the product of fine art. This product will be the origin of all historic works of originality. The genius will represent the last of the avant-garde of the ultimate art movement. I hope this helps you.

[1988Leger]

Thanks for this video post. Found it really useful. :)

[Xenostrobe]

Beauty - left hemishphere. Sublime - right hemisphere... perhaps

[PeanutButterCookie89]

ouuu thank you for your commentary. It helped me make sense of my readings =D