Authenticity in art
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| - | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' | + | '''Authenticity in art''' has a variety of meanings related to different ways in which a [[work of art]] or an artistic performance may be considered [[authentic]]. |
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| + | [[Denis Dutton]] distinguishes between ''nominal authenticity'' and ''expressive authenticity''. | ||
| + | The first refers to the correct identification of the author of a work of art, to how closely a performance of a play or piece of music conforms to the author's intention, or to how closely a work of art conforms to an artistic tradition. | ||
| + | The second sense refers to how much the work possesses original or inherent authority, how much sincerity, genuineness of expression, and moral passion the artist or performer puts into the work. | ||
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| + | A quite different concern is the authenticity of the experience, which may be impossible to achieve. A modern visitor to a museum may not only see an object in a very different context from that which the artist intended, but may be unable to understand important aspects of the work. The authentic experience may be impossible to recapture. | ||
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| + | == See also == | ||
| + | * [[Authentication]] | ||
| + | * [[Authenticity (philosophy)]] | ||
| + | * [[False document]] | ||
| + | * [[Folklore]] | ||
| + | * [[Forgery]] | ||
| + | * [[Indie cred]] | ||
| + | * [[Appropriation (art)]] | ||
| + | * [[Selling out]] | ||
| + | * [[Stuckism]] | ||
| + | * [[Tradition]] | ||
| + | * [[Plagiarism]] | ||
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Authenticity in art has a variety of meanings related to different ways in which a work of art or an artistic performance may be considered authentic.
Denis Dutton distinguishes between nominal authenticity and expressive authenticity. The first refers to the correct identification of the author of a work of art, to how closely a performance of a play or piece of music conforms to the author's intention, or to how closely a work of art conforms to an artistic tradition. The second sense refers to how much the work possesses original or inherent authority, how much sincerity, genuineness of expression, and moral passion the artist or performer puts into the work.
A quite different concern is the authenticity of the experience, which may be impossible to achieve. A modern visitor to a museum may not only see an object in a very different context from that which the artist intended, but may be unable to understand important aspects of the work. The authentic experience may be impossible to recapture.
See also
- Authentication
- Authenticity (philosophy)
- False document
- Folklore
- Forgery
- Indie cred
- Appropriation (art)
- Selling out
- Stuckism
- Tradition
- Plagiarism
