Heidegger's response to the art of his time is something of a mystery to all of us, isn't it?
We know that he singled out Van Gogh, whose posthumous fame was peaking while M.H. was in his twenties, but we have no idea how he stood on the great art controversy of his homeland in the 1930's -- the "Decadent art" of the leading Modernists versus the painters favored by a central government which subsidized thousands of artists. I've seen several good paintings of noble, healthy peasants that would seem to have fit his requirement for "truth unconcealed" as much as they fit the promotional needs of the National Socialist Party. Did he consider any of them "great art"? What would he have said about "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon"? Perhaps his selection of Van Gogh was an attempt to find a common ground and not discredit himself with either side. But if, regarding the major art controversies of him time, he remains a complete mystery to us -- I don't understand why H.M. should be considered to be an authority on anything other than Phenomenonology. How well it might be applied to art remains an open question. ____________________________________________________________ Click to find information on your credit score and your credit report. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/BLSrjnxUK24TTLd0bUuKjv3g0pUJKd 6VH68QNDmO0ZhGM1gtoSoW8cHBG5y/
