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The Problem of Aesthetic Truth in Adorno’s Aesthetics Ⅱ: Art Criticism and Recognition of Truth

  • The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art
  • Abbr : JASA
  • 2023, 70(), pp.106-125
  • DOI : 10.17527/JASA.70.0.05
  • Publisher : 한국미학예술학회
  • Research Area : Arts and Kinesiology > Other Arts and Kinesiology
  • Received : August 16, 2023
  • Accepted : September 12, 2023
  • Published : October 31, 2023

Young Yoon Kwak 1

1고려대학교

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ABSTRACT

This paper deals with Theodor W. Adorno’s theory of art criticism. In his writings and lecture on aesthetics, including Aesthetic Theory, Adorno argues that truth is inherent in authentic works of art, and that recognizing it is art criticism. Adorno brings the concept of “higher criticism” from 19th century philology and history and applies it to art criticism in order to specify the problem of recognizing the truth of works of art. According to Adorno’s theory of criticism, a work of art is evaluated as being authentic when the truth hidden in it is explicitly revealed through immanent criticism and higher criticism. Adorno also accepts Friedrich Schlegel’s and Walter Benjamin’s theory of Romantic art criticism and reveals that criticism belongs to the work itself, which has a processual nature. A work of art is an object in which the truth contained within is infinitely unfolded through productive and creative reception. This paper concretely illustrates the social and historical truth content of works of art in Ludwig van Beethoven’s overture and Gustave Flaubert’s novel.

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