CUBISM: ART AND PHILOSOPHY

• Authors: O'Brien Dan
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this paper I argue that the development of cubism by Picasso and Braque at the beginning of the twentieth century can be illuminated by consideration of long-running philosophical debates concerning perceptual realism, in particular by Locke’s (1689) distinction between primary and secondary properties, and Kant’s (1781) empirical realism. Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (1920), Picasso’s dealer and early authority on cubism, interpreted Picasso and Braque as Kantian in their approach. I reject his influential interpretation, but propose a more plausible, Kantian reading of cubism.

Keywords

EN

BRAQUE; CUBISM; FORMALISM; KANT; LOCKE; PICASSO; REALISM

• Publisher: Society for Aesthetics in Slovakia ad Institute of Aesthetics and Art Culture
• Journal: ESPES
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 30 – 37

Contributors

author

O'Brien Dan

• School of History, Philosophy and Culture, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Tonge Building, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom