@article{ART003263098},
author={Koung-Aea Lee},
title={A Study on the Concept of ‘Reflection’ in Early German Romantic Art Criticism: Focusing on Walter Benjamin’s “The Concept of Art Criticism in German Romanticism”},
journal={The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art},
issn={1229-0246},
year={2025},
volume={76},
pages={134-157}
TY - JOUR
AU - Koung-Aea Lee
TI - A Study on the Concept of ‘Reflection’ in Early German Romantic Art Criticism: Focusing on Walter Benjamin’s “The Concept of Art Criticism in German Romanticism”
JO - The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art
PY - 2025
VL - 76
IS - null
PB - 한국미학예술학회
SP - 134
EP - 157
SN - 1229-0246
AB - This paper aims to clarify the epistemological issues of Romantic art criticism in the history of philosophical theories of cognition, based on Walter Benjamin’s “The Concept of Art Criticism in German Romanticism.” Until now, contributions to clarifying the epistemological problem of Romantic criticism have not been seriously considered in the history of philosophical cognitive theory. In German Romanticism, art criticism already includes a cognitive element that precedes the general meaning of evaluating a work of art. Therefore, it is an immanent process and result of art’s inherent self-cognition and belongs to the critical philosophy for the cognition of truth. Accordingly, this paper focuses on the concept of “reflection,” which Benjamin emphasizes as a condition for recognizing a work of art. Through this, the art defined by Romanticism is infinitely expanded through the structure of self-reflection, and Romantic art and criticism are endowed with a self-productive character. Next, by examining the influence of Kant and Fichte’s theories of self-conscious reflection, which can be called the source of Romantic epistemology, this study seeks to reveal at what point the Romantics actually diverged from Fichte’s philosophy, with which they had formed a close relationship.
KW - art criticism;German Romanticism;intellectual intuition;reflection;self-consciousness
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Koung-Aea Lee. (2025). A Study on the Concept of ‘Reflection’ in Early German Romantic Art Criticism: Focusing on Walter Benjamin’s “The Concept of Art Criticism in German Romanticism”. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, 76, 134-157.
Koung-Aea Lee. 2025, "A Study on the Concept of ‘Reflection’ in Early German Romantic Art Criticism: Focusing on Walter Benjamin’s “The Concept of Art Criticism in German Romanticism”", The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, vol.76, pp.134-157.
Koung-Aea Lee "A Study on the Concept of ‘Reflection’ in Early German Romantic Art Criticism: Focusing on Walter Benjamin’s “The Concept of Art Criticism in German Romanticism”" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 76 pp.134-157 (2025) : 134.
Koung-Aea Lee. A Study on the Concept of ‘Reflection’ in Early German Romantic Art Criticism: Focusing on Walter Benjamin’s “The Concept of Art Criticism in German Romanticism”. 2025; 76 134-157.
Koung-Aea Lee. "A Study on the Concept of ‘Reflection’ in Early German Romantic Art Criticism: Focusing on Walter Benjamin’s “The Concept of Art Criticism in German Romanticism”" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 76(2025) : 134-157.
Koung-Aea Lee. A Study on the Concept of ‘Reflection’ in Early German Romantic Art Criticism: Focusing on Walter Benjamin’s “The Concept of Art Criticism in German Romanticism”. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, 76, 134-157.
Koung-Aea Lee. A Study on the Concept of ‘Reflection’ in Early German Romantic Art Criticism: Focusing on Walter Benjamin’s “The Concept of Art Criticism in German Romanticism”. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art. 2025; 76 134-157.
Koung-Aea Lee. A Study on the Concept of ‘Reflection’ in Early German Romantic Art Criticism: Focusing on Walter Benjamin’s “The Concept of Art Criticism in German Romanticism”. 2025; 76 134-157.
Koung-Aea Lee. "A Study on the Concept of ‘Reflection’ in Early German Romantic Art Criticism: Focusing on Walter Benjamin’s “The Concept of Art Criticism in German Romanticism”" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 76(2025) : 134-157.
