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Definition of Art
Since it is our purpose to develop an adequate idea of art, it might seem as if a definition were rather our goal than our starting point; yet we must identify the field of ourinvestigations and mark it off from other regions; and this we can do only by means of a preliminary definition, which the rest of our study may then enrich and complete.
We shall find it fruitful tobegin with the definition recently revived by Croce: [Footnote: Benedetto Croce: Estetica, translated into English by Douglas Ainslie, under title Aesthetic, chap. i.] art is expression; and expressionwe may describe, for our own ends, as the putting forth of purpose, feeling, or thought into a sensuous medium, where they can be experienced again by the one who expresses himself and communicated toothers. Thus, in this sense, a lyric poem is an expression–a bit of a poet’s intimate experience put into words; epic and dramatic poetry are expressions–visions of a larger life made manifest in thesame medium. Pictures and statues are also expressions; for they are embodiments in color and space-forms of the artists’ ideas of visible nature and man. Works of architecture and the otherindustrial arts are embodiments of purpose and the well-being that comes from purpose fulfilled.
TRADUCCION!
Puesto que es nuestro propósito desarrollar una idea adecuada de arte, podría parecer como si unadefinición eran más bien nuestra meta de nuestro punto de partida, sin embargo, debemos identificar el campo de nuestras investigaciones y se marca fuera de otras regiones, y esto podemos hacer sólopor medio de una definición preliminar, que el resto de nuestro estudio, entonces puede enriquecer y completar.
Vamos a encontrar provechoso comenzar con la definición recientemente revivido porCroce: [Nota: Benedetto Croce: Estetica, traducido al Inglés por Douglas Ainslie, bajo Estética título, cap. i] arte es expresión,. expresión y podemos describir, para nuestros propios fines, como el...