Other articles where the dehumanization of art is discussed. The dehumanization of art and other writings on art and culture. Jose ortega y gasset the spanish philosopher who saw life as an intellectual adventure. Here perhaps we have found the reason why the modern artist is dividing the public. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. At first sight, the social effects of art arc so extrinsic, so remotc from aesthetic essen tials, thul it is not easy to see how trom this viewpoint one succes. Aquellos son, entre otros, avenarius y mach, cohen y natorp. Dehumanised art is the art of intellectual pleasure, a game based on the concepts of irony and metaphor.
Jose ortega y gasset was born in madrid on 9 may 1883. The dehumanization of art and other essays on art, culture. An attempt to understand the twentieth century raimo nurmi university of turku abstract. The article is an attempt to interpret the twentieth century.
This, in our opinion, was the approach of both gadamer and ortega y gasset. Brief introduction to the thought of ortega y gasset. The interpretation of the spanish philosopher about the relation between the contemporary art and its public controversial reception, is a subject of great importance today. Publication date 1968 topics aesthetics publisher princeton, n. Ortega y gasset jose 1925 1972 the dehumanization of. The dehumanization of art by ortega y gasset and the rol the hombremasa. The dehumanization of art 1925 the study of art from the sociological point of view might at first seem a barren theme, rather like studying a man from his shadow.
Jose ortega y gasset jose ortega y gasset madrid 18831955 filosofo e saggista spagnolo. He was, along with kant, schopenhauer, and nietzsche, a proponent of the idea of perspectivism. This paper is also available in pdfformat at cfes web site. In the essay, originally published in spanish in 1925, ortega grappled philosophically with the newness of nonrepresentational art and sought to make it more understandable to a public confused by it. Ortega y gasset, escritor y filosofo espanol nacido en madrid en 1883. In the essay, originally published in spanish in 1925, ortega grappled philosophically with the newness of nonrepresentational art and sought to make it more. Arthur schopenhauer, friedrich nietzsche and charles darwin, and. The dehumanization of art, which analyzed contemporary depersonalized i.
Life and history in the philosophy of ortega y gasset. Here perhaps we have found the reason why the modern artist is dividing the public into two chasses, those who understand and those who. Nella sua concezione del reale, fondamentalmente irrazionalistica e vitalistica, il problema della radicale insicurezza dellindividuo viene connesso col problema della crisi della civilta, di cui o. The dehumanization of art, and other writtings on art and culture jose ortega y gasset on. The dehumanization of art spanish edition kindle edition. Belarmino and apolonio examines the ageold debate between faith and. Jose ortega y gasset was a spanish liberal philosopher and essayist working during the first half of the 20th century while spain oscillated between monarchy, republicanism and dictatorship. Some observations on ortega y gasset s philosophy of art. A different definition of modernism is that outlined by the spanish philosopher jose ortega y gasset in his 1925 essay, the dehumanization of art. Jose ortega y gasset 18831955 was a prolific and distinguished spanish. The interpretation is anchored between jose ortega y gassets characterization of the modern art of the early twentieth century and. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the dehumanization of art spanish edition.
Ortega y gasset from university of georgia ortega y gasset page from europeonline ortega. No work of philosopher and essayist jose ortega y gasset has been more frequently cited, admired, or criticized than his response to modernism, the dehumanization of art. The dehumanization of art work by ortega y gasset britannica. Velazquez, goya and the dehumanization of art by jose ortega. Some observations on ortega y gassets philosophy of art. Jose ortega y gasset stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. This composition includes three more essays in addition to ortegas original work. Jose ortega y gasset international bureau of education unesco. The dehumanization of art, and notes on the novel jose ortega y gasset translated from the spanish no work of spanish philosopher and essayist jose ortega y gasset has been more frequently cited, admired, or criticized than his defense of modernism, the dehumanization of art. The essay, originally published in spanish in 1925, grappled with the newness of nonrepresentational art and sought to make it more understandable to the public. But greenbergs definition of modernism has never been adequate to define the full range of 20thcentury modern art.
This critical period laid the foundations for a scientific, artistic and philosophical movement. He describes very well how its very different worldviews or even definitions of art that lie behind traditional and modern art styles, even in. Mathematics the idea of principle in leibnitz and the evolution of deductive theory jan 1, 1971 psu. The dehumanization of art spanish edition kindle edition by gasset, jose ortega y, mary duffy, marciano guerrero.
Jose ortega y gasset was born in madrid in 1883, in a family closely related to the world of culture and media. Herbert read 1964 journal of aesthetics and art criticism 23 1. No work of spanish philosopher and essayist jose ortega y gasset has been more frequently cited, admired, or criticized than his defense of modernism, the dehumanization of art. Jul, 20 a bibliography of works in english by and about jose ortega y gasset 18831955 this webpage provides a listing of the works in english by and about the spanish philosopher, essayist and politician, jose ortega y gasset 18831955, who in my opinion is the greatest philosopher of the first half of the twentieth century and one. I have been a student of ortegas works for over 50 years and i am. Ortega y gasset jose 1925 1972 the dehumanization of art. Jose ortega y gasset provides quite a good overview of the paradigm shift that happened with the beginning of selfconsciously modern art in different media in the mid19th century and onwards.