Kant on Modern Art
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Contemporary or modern art as described by H.W. Janson (666) asserts the freedom of an artist to create a new style and provides the artist with the mission of defining the meaning of his time and potentially to reshape society through art. Certainly, the terms "contemporary art" and "modern art" are complex in that they refer to what Janson (666) calls a succession of "isms" which have emerged, flourished, and been replaced by a vast variety of new forms, styles, techniques, and potentials. From the Kantian perspective as described by Preziosi (84-96), bringing an aesthetic judgment to bear on these various "isms" is challenging at best. It is unlikely that there is anything that can be universally claimed with respect to how Kant woul
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