Concept
Aesthetic interpretation
Overview
In the philosophy of art, an interpretation is an explanation of the meaning of a work of art. An aesthetic interpretation expresses a particular emotional or experiential understanding most often used in reference to a poem or piece of literature, and may also apply to a work of visual art or performance.
In the early 20th Century the German philosopher Martin Heidegger explored questions of formal philosophical analysis verses personal interpretations of aesthetic experience, preferencing the direct subjective experience of a work of art as essential to an individual's aesthetic interpretation.
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The present inquiry[1] has for its subject-matter _Aesthetic_. It is a subject co-extensive with the entire _realm of the beautiful_; more specifically described, its province is that of _Art_, or rather, we should say, of _Fine Art._ For a subject-matter such as this the term…
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, The Philosophy of Fine Art, volume 1
Close in meaning to Aesthetic interpretation; the term itself is not named.
Thus we feel it to be a feature in one period of his works that he has busied himself with thought--more perhaps than was conducive to their unsophisticated beauty as works of art. The intentional character of abstract reflection and even the interest of the philosophical idea are noticeable in many of his poems. This has been made a ground of censure against him, especially by way of blaming and depreciating him in…
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, The Introduction to Hegel's Philosophy of Fine Arts Translated from the German with Notes and Prefatory Essay
Close in meaning to Aesthetic interpretation; the term itself is not named.
Both, as explanations of aesthetical universally valid judging, are referred to subjective grounds; in the one case to grounds of sensibility, in favour of the contemplative Understanding; in the other case _in opposition to_ sensibility, but on behalf of the purposes of practical Reason. Both, however, united in the same subject, are purposive in reference to the moral feeling.
Immanuel Kant, Kant's Critique of Judgement
Close in meaning to Aesthetic interpretation; the term itself is not named.
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Place in the tradition
Part of Aesthetics.