Resolution and Reconstruction -- The Essence of Artworks

Author: Dong Zhiqiang
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Publish Date: 2002-11-01
Features: By studying the forms of existence of artworks, this book offers a new understanding of the essence of art, thereby providing a fundamental ontological perspective for constructing a new artistic concept and theory. It is a philosophical reflection on artistic phenomena, or more specifically, an ontological study of artistic phenomena. The purpose of this book is to gain a new understanding of the essence of art through the study of the modes of existence of artworks, thus providing a basic ontological perspective for constructing a new artistic concept and theory. The need to construct a new artistic theory arises because existing theories are unable to provide a reasonable and unified explanation for the rich and complex artistic phenomena before us. Alternatively, from the perspective of traditional aesthetics, a vast and irreparable gap has emerged between modern artistic practice and traditional artistic practice.