Étienne Gilson: L’idée de la beauté et sa conception de l’art

• Authors: Jaroszyński Piotr

Title variants

EN

Étienne Gilson: His Idea of Beauty and Art

• Languages of publication: FR

Abstracts

EN

Two books of Étienne Gilson are especially important in the area of aesthetics: Painting and Reality and The Arts of the Beautiful. In my essay I discuss Gilson’s idea of beauty and his idea of art. To some degree, É. Gilson follows traditional Thomistic point of view, i.e., he claims that the beautiful is that which pleases when seen, or that which consists of integrity, proportion and clarity. He gives, however, a new interpretation of clarity which, for him, means not only physical lucidity, but also a metaphysical radiation and spiritualization of what is material. As for art, É. Gilson is of an opinion that it enjoys a strong metaphysical status, since the existence of the work of art comes from the artist himself. Finally, I explain why É. Gilson’s views are open to further discussion, both metaphysical and theological.

Keywords

EN

Étienne Gilson; aesthetics; beauty; art; clarity; work of art; artist

• Publisher: International Étienne Gilson Society
• Journal: Studia Gilsoniana
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 731-747

Dates

published

2021-09-30

Contributors

author

Jaroszyński Piotr

• John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland

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