PHILOSOPHICAL BASIS OF ARTS EDUCATION

Abstract

Philosophy of art or often called “aesthetics”, since ancient times until the Modern century, even Contemporary in studying art from a philosophical point of view, the ratio is often dominant. Some philosophers even argue that art does not belong solely to taste, but also to the ratio. This shows that art is truly human. It was Descrates who said, “cogito ergo sum”: Kant, “critique der urteriskraft”: Langer, “symbolic logic”. All of them point out that methodical skepticism establishes a balance of the rational and the empirical in a level of consciousness that includes the creation of symbolic forms and human feelings in order to create art. Philosophy and art are creative communication, but their means and ends are different. Philosophy is: the search for truth, while art is more about creation and enjoying value. Even if art uses language as in literature, this use is not the same in philosophy. The purpose of art is to evoke aesthetic emotions, while in philosophy, language is a tool to speak the truth. Through the philosophy of art, the understanding of art will be richer. Many things can be questioned. However, the question as a challenge is that philosophy of art is not just art history or music history. When we struggle with the axiology of art, our minds are challenged with the question “What about the epistemology of art” Is it possible?” Looking at the premises as stated, we can conclude that the existence of a philosophy of art is something legitimate; philosophical thoughts about art are a counterpoint and at the same time so that art does not develop naively.