Discussion on the Concept of “Artistic Intent”

Abstract

The subject of the article is the content of the concept, answering the question of what an artistic intention is and clarifying its nature. Coupled with a number of concepts in textual criticism, art criticism, aesthetics (author’s intention, plan, idea, teleology, purpose, completeness, integrity), the concept of “artistic intent” does not duplicate any of them. To this day, Dmitry S. Likhachev’s judgment has not lost its relevance, according to which “The will of the author and his plan are extremely complex phenomena and, in their very essence, still little studied. Representatives of different scientific specialties should take part in studying them in the future.” The article makes an attempt to cover the morphological and etymological aspects of the concept; its definitions and approaches to understanding available in the research of domestic humanities are compared.

Keywords

• terminology of art science
• theory of art
• artistic intent
• artistic creativity
• inspiration
• the concept of “artistic intent”