Mieczysław Wallis: Experience and Value

• Authors: Bokiniec Monika , Wallis Mieczyslaw
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

These three essays are from a collection of Mieczyslaw Wallis' (1895-1975) papers on aesthetics 'Przezycie i wartosc' (Experience and value; 1968). The first is a summary of Wallis' views on the aesthetic experience, in which, on the one hand, he distinguishes aesthetic experience from other ways of experiencing an object (such as religious or practical) and, on the other hand, he analyzes the general features that aesthetic experience shares with other experiences and considers features characteristic of aesthetic experience alone. The second essay is Wallis' classification of aesthetic objects, which according to his theory are equivalent neither to beautiful objects nor to artworks. The last sets out his position on aesthetic values, and probably constitutes his most important and original contribution to aesthetics.

Keywords

EN

AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE; POLISH AESTHETICS; WALLIS MIECZYSLAW; WORK OF ART

Discipline

• PHILOSOPHY: PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: Institute of Art History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Estetika: The Central European Journal of Aesthetics
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 46
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 75-96
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Bokiniec Monika

author

Wallis Mieczyslaw

• Monika Bokiniec, University of Gdansk, Poland; http://dlib.lib.cas.cz/4287/

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09CZAAAA064318