A Study Of Cassier's Concept Of Artistic Symbols

The German philosopher Ernst Cassier was the master of the 20 th century semiotic philosophy.His cultural symbols were unique in the 20 th century and had a profound influence."Symbol form" is the original path of his cultural philosophy,in his view,symbolic form is a hint of human nature,symbolic thinking and symbolic behavior are the most representative characteristics of human life,and the whole development of human culture depends on these conditions.But the artistic symbol is neither the pure objective form summary,nor the emotion passion surging,but a form synthesis,he tries to seek the symbol through the analysis to the art The inner force of the sign.Based on the core thread of kasil's thought of symbol form,this paper explains the artistic essence and connotation of kasil's "artistic symbol view" through "symbol form ",as well as the enlightenment and significance brought to us —— the unique charm and deep charm of life form.This article is to be carried out in the following parts: First discusses the theory origin of cassirer view of art symbol,this paper expounds the artistic symbol of the evolution of culture philosophy foundation and its concrete connotation,from "Kant's rational criticism" to "cassirer's cultural criticism",not only from the pursuit of knowledge,truth,turned to the criticism of the understanding of the perceptual and the rational function,also is a kind of the nature of a priori presupposition difference.He also explained the base function of the concept of "form" in the view of artistic symbols,that is,to seek the functional unity of human existence with symbols as the intellectual center,and to find his own philosophical and anthropological foundation for specific cultural forms.Then it is an intuitive interpretation of the symbolic dimension of cassirer's "view of the essence of art".Artistic configuration can only be completed under the traction of perceptual media: the process from the discovery of endowed form to the configuration finally surpasses the reality due to the unique imagination,where the form arouses the power of aesthetic thinking.In fact,the configuration of art is symbolization,which is not only the "second nature",but also a self-sufficient,original human function and energy.It is by means of the media function of symbols that we human beings can successfully construct our perceptual,conceptual and intuitive world and establish the world of objective experience.At this time,the emotion in art is no longer a pure overflow,but an aesthetic symbol.The second is the deep interpretation of the symbolic and expressive meanings of art symbols.Fundamentally,symbols not resort to general,but is a special kind of being,the performance of the "inner life," subjective ",thus has the performance of the specific meaning,while in the field of literature and art,language,metaphor characteristics at the same time,make art symbols itself "as a kind of meaningful form",this kind of "meaningful" is a symbol of art symbol is different from other symbol.Artistic symbols circulate between "expression" and "understanding",so that people's inner life world,emotions and imagination can be presented.The article also explores the life dimension of "artistic symbol view".Cassirer's symbol view is manifested in the external communication between human and objective object,which is a dialectical working process,and in the internal expression of the "bit" state of consciousness.The entity itself forms a dialogue relationship with the spiritual world.First of all,symbolized art is a miniature of human life.Symbolic forms liberate the human mind and cultural activities communicate life and objective spirit.Secondly,art in symbolic form reflects the inclusiveness of the mind.The higher reality we intuitively perceive in art form or art media is life: a kind of dialogue in the process of self-consciousness.Finally explores the artistic symbol connotation of life,it is based on building up the freedom and poetic discursive process of self-discipline form itself is the main psychological externalized out objective expression and thus have self-discipline,inner mind has provided form and performance symbols into the ability of specific cultural connotation,the process implementation is the life of the artistic realm of freedom: self-discipline and do not break free,the poetic of freedom.In the conclusion,we can put aside our own prejudices and objectively examine cassirer's philosophical thought and theoretical value as an observer.Cultural philosophy has strong tendency of humanism and dialectic absorbed the reasonable composition of multiculturalism and linguistic theory,and includes anthropology,his "artistic symbol" has the value and significance beyond traditional ontology,whether symbolic form level or the interpretation and thinking on the level of life,belong to the nature of cassirer about life and the wisdom of the symbol phenomenon found to explain again,his thought has beyond the century,the meaning and value of bloom.