The Origin of the Work of Art
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The Origin of the Work of Art is a seminal essay by Martin Heidegger that explores the nature of art, truth, and being through an analysis of the artwork, the artist, and the world that emerges from their interplay.
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| The Origin of the Work of Art canonical | 4 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Origin of the Work of Art Context triple: [The Question Concerning Technology, relatedWork, The Origin of the Work of Art]
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A.
Concerning the Spiritual in Art
Concerning the Spiritual in Art is a seminal 1911 theoretical treatise by Wassily Kandinsky that explores the emotional and spiritual power of abstract art and helped lay the foundations of modern art theory.
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Speculations: Essays on Humanism and the Philosophy of Art
Speculations: Essays on Humanism and the Philosophy of Art is a collection of philosophical essays exploring humanist themes and aesthetic theory in the context of art and culture.
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C.
Discourses on Art
Discourses on Art is a series of influential lectures by Sir Joshua Reynolds that helped shape 18th-century academic art theory and aesthetics.
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D.
Ästhetik des reinen Gefühls
Ästhetik des reinen Gefühls is a major philosophical work by neo-Kantian thinker Hermann Cohen that develops a systematic theory of aesthetics grounded in pure feeling and critical idealism.
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E.
The Isms of Art
The Isms of Art is a seminal avant-garde art book by El Lissitzky that surveys and visually interprets the major modern art movements of the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Origin of the Work of Art Target entity description: The Origin of the Work of Art is a seminal essay by Martin Heidegger that explores the nature of art, truth, and being through an analysis of the artwork, the artist, and the world that emerges from their interplay.
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A.
Concerning the Spiritual in Art
Concerning the Spiritual in Art is a seminal 1911 theoretical treatise by Wassily Kandinsky that explores the emotional and spiritual power of abstract art and helped lay the foundations of modern art theory.
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B.
Speculations: Essays on Humanism and the Philosophy of Art
Speculations: Essays on Humanism and the Philosophy of Art is a collection of philosophical essays exploring humanist themes and aesthetic theory in the context of art and culture.
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C.
Discourses on Art
Discourses on Art is a series of influential lectures by Sir Joshua Reynolds that helped shape 18th-century academic art theory and aesthetics.
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D.
Ästhetik des reinen Gefühls
Ästhetik des reinen Gefühls is a major philosophical work by neo-Kantian thinker Hermann Cohen that develops a systematic theory of aesthetics grounded in pure feeling and critical idealism.
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E.
The Isms of Art
The Isms of Art is a seminal avant-garde art book by El Lissitzky that surveys and visually interprets the major modern art movements of the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
philosophical essay
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work by Martin Heidegger ⓘ |
| author | Martin Heidegger ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| criticizes |
aesthetic formalism
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aesthetic subjectivism ⓘ |
| discusses |
A Pair of Shoes
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Greek temple ⓘ Vincent van Gogh ⓘ aletheia ⓘ
linked to:
Aletheia
art as setting-into-work of truth ⓘ equipment ⓘ strife between world and earth ⓘ thingness of the thing ⓘ truth as unconcealment ⓘ unconcealment ⓘ work-being of the work ⓘ work-world relation ⓘ |
| firstPublicationCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| influenced |
critical theory of art
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deconstructionist aesthetics ⓘ hermeneutics of art ⓘ philosophy of art in the 20th century ⓘ post-structuralist art theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Being and Time
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Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
art as founding of a world
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art beyond aesthetics ⓘ earth as self-secluding dimension ⓘ origin of the artwork ⓘ strife as essence of truth ⓘ work-artist-preserver triad ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
aesthetics
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artist ⓘ artwork ⓘ being ⓘ earth ⓘ ontology ⓘ philosophy of art ⓘ truth ⓘ world ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Der Ursprung des Kunstwerkes ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
continental philosophy
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linked to:
Continental philosophy
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| philosophicalTradition |
existential phenomenology
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phenomenology ⓘ |
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