This study is intended to elucidate the specific function of art in Niklas Luhmann’s theory of systems through the binary artistic codes of beauty and ugliness. According to Luhmann, art is a social system like others such as the legal, religious, economic, and academic systems. He urges that every system requires its own specific (binary) codes for its operation. His proposal of the artistic codes of beauty and ugliness seems anachronistic form the point of view of contemporary art, but he is obviously conscious of this situation as he proposes that beauty and ugliness function as codes under the art system independently of other systems.
@article{ART002911465}, author={Young-Wook Park}, title={Beauty and Ugliness as the Codes of Art in Luhmann’s Theory of Art System}, journal={Journal of History of Modern Art}, issn={1598-7728}, year={2022}, number={52}, pages={25-44}
TY - JOUR AU - Young-Wook Park TI - Beauty and Ugliness as the Codes of Art in Luhmann’s Theory of Art System JO - Journal of History of Modern Art PY - 2022 VL - null IS - 52 PB - 현대미술사학회 SP - 25 EP - 44 SN - 1598-7728 AB - This study is intended to elucidate the specific function of art in Niklas Luhmann’s theory of systems through the binary artistic codes of beauty and ugliness. According to Luhmann, art is a social system like others such as the legal, religious, economic, and academic systems. He urges that every system requires its own specific (binary) codes for its operation. His proposal of the artistic codes of beauty and ugliness seems anachronistic form the point of view of contemporary art, but he is obviously conscious of this situation as he proposes that beauty and ugliness function as codes under the art system independently of other systems. KW - Niklas Luhmann;system theory;beauty/ugliness;self-programing;contradiction and ground DO - UR - ER -
Young-Wook Park. (2022). Beauty and Ugliness as the Codes of Art in Luhmann’s Theory of Art System. Journal of History of Modern Art, 52, 25-44.
Young-Wook Park. 2022, "Beauty and Ugliness as the Codes of Art in Luhmann’s Theory of Art System", Journal of History of Modern Art, no.52, pp.25-44.
Young-Wook Park "Beauty and Ugliness as the Codes of Art in Luhmann’s Theory of Art System" Journal of History of Modern Art 52 pp.25-44 (2022) : 25.
Young-Wook Park. Beauty and Ugliness as the Codes of Art in Luhmann’s Theory of Art System. 2022; 52 : 25-44.
Young-Wook Park. "Beauty and Ugliness as the Codes of Art in Luhmann’s Theory of Art System" Journal of History of Modern Art no.52(2022) : 25-44.
Young-Wook Park. Beauty and Ugliness as the Codes of Art in Luhmann’s Theory of Art System. Journal of History of Modern Art, 52, 25-44.
Young-Wook Park. Beauty and Ugliness as the Codes of Art in Luhmann’s Theory of Art System. Journal of History of Modern Art. 2022; 52 25-44.
Young-Wook Park. Beauty and Ugliness as the Codes of Art in Luhmann’s Theory of Art System. 2022; 52 : 25-44.
Young-Wook Park. "Beauty and Ugliness as the Codes of Art in Luhmann’s Theory of Art System" Journal of History of Modern Art no.52(2022) : 25-44.