Newness, Originality and Idiosyncrasy in Kant’ s Account on Artistic Production

Larissa Wallner (Ludwig Maximilians Universität, München)

The Digital Kant-Centre NRW is pleased to invite you to a lecture by Larissa Wallner (LMU Munich) with the following topic: "Newness, Originality and Idiosyncrasy in Kant’ s Account on Artistic Production.”

The lecture will take place online (via Webex) on Wednesday, 29 May 2024, from 18:00 – 19:30 CET.

Please see below for the Webex-link and an abstract of the lecture. 

The talk is part of the lecture series Digital Kant-Lectures, organized by Digital Kant-Centre NRW, which takes place on the last Wednesday of each month via Webex. 

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Webex-Link: 

https://uni-siegen.webex.com/uni-siegen/j.php?MTID=mf292e2008f73cc45edefca32a718d8d0

Abstract: 

As it is well known the great work of art following Kant must be exemplarily original. Since Kant doesn’t positively describe originality but makes negative distinctions when he refers to mannerism and imitation, it remains vague what exactly is meant by originality. Particularly it is worth to clarify the distinction between originality and novelty on the one side, and to point to the difference between originality and idiosyncrasy on the other side, which is expression in a peculiar personal manner. A key to the understanding of this tripartite relation lies the notion of communicability.