This book deals with a rejection of the widespread fakeries that have emerged in twentieth-century art, which we call by their Platonic name, sophistry. The book also presents brief descriptions of some of the ideas of Martin Heidegger and Nicolas Berdyaev as to what constitutes a beautiful work of art, and how an authentic relation to the beauty in a work of art enhances human existence.
Contents:
FOREWORD by Rina Shtelman
INTRODUCTION
ONE Heidegger on Truth and Art
TWO The Longing for Truth and Beauty
THREE Heidegger on Art, Truth, and Beauty
FOUR Sophistry in Art and Indifference
FIVE Berdyaev: Art and Personality
SIX Berdyaev's Personalism Versus Egocentricism in Art
SEVEN Superficiality in Twentieth-Century Art
EIGHT: Master, Slave, Free Person, and Art
NINE Art as Interesting
TEN Conclusion
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
INDEX
Contents:
FOREWORD by Rina Shtelman
INTRODUCTION
ONE Heidegger on Truth and Art
TWO The Longing for Truth and Beauty
THREE Heidegger on Art, Truth, and Beauty
FOUR Sophistry in Art and Indifference
FIVE Berdyaev: Art and Personality
SIX Berdyaev's Personalism Versus Egocentricism in Art
SEVEN Superficiality in Twentieth-Century Art
EIGHT: Master, Slave, Free Person, and Art
NINE Art as Interesting
TEN Conclusion
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
INDEX