Martin Heidegger's The Origin Of The Work Of Art

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When visiting an art museum, there could be many thoughts that can run through someone’s mind. One can contemplate the tale that the artist is trying to convey while others can discuss the impact the piece has in term of aesthetics. And people continues to walk around and observing different piece, a thought occurs and questions your logic and reasoning. Why are any of these pieces considered as art? This is not a questioning of the quality of the piece, the mere presence at the measure demonstrates that it is certainly fine art. The question is why is it general called art? Looking past the creative imagery and aesthetic themes, the piece is just ink on paper or shaped clay or any variation on a thing. So is piece of art just a mere thing? As written in the Origin of the Work of Art, Martin Heidegger would state that it’s not a simply put. Some of the subjects that Heidegger discusses range from the origin of the essential of art to the interpretation of things. Early on in his essay, Heidegger spoke of the emergence of the work and the artist. He states that “the artist is the origin of the work [and] the work is the origin of the artist” when giving credit to the origin of art (344). While it is rather …show more content…

Heidegger exclaims that when one fails to comprehend the ideas of things clearly, then they fall prey to the inability to grasps the nature of the thing (350). If people believe the thing is a product of the equipment, which is in terms of the thoughts of general experience of beings, then those people will be unable to figure the thing was derived from natural forces. I agree with Heidegger argument as this is a prime example of missing knowledge. If the people are unaware to certain key information about a piece of art, they are prone to incorrectly attribute the work as a whole and fail to figure that the works is what breaks the part of the work that discloses the

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