Curated by ortega y gasset projects codirector lauren frances adams and jennifer coates. Jose ortega y gasset the spanish philosopher who saw life as an intellectual adventure. This paper is also available in pdfformat at cfes web site. A different definition of modernism is that outlined by the spanish philosopher jose ortega y gasset in his 1925 essay, the dehumanization of art. Ortega y gasset, escritor y filosofo espanol nacido en madrid en 1883. The revolt of the masses jose ortegay gassett ortega y gasset, jose 18831955 spanish philosopher, essayist, and critic. Jose ortega y gasset stanford encyclopedia of philosophy.
His philosophy has been characterized as a philosophy of life that comprised a longhidden beginning in a pragmatist metaphysics. Va,enconsecuencia,fluyendobajola tierraespiritualdeestosensayos. Jose ortega y gasset was born 9 may 1883 in madrid. Unavezentretejidoconellosqueda transfigurado,transubstanciado,salvado. But greenbergs definition of modernism has never been adequate to define the full range of 20thcentury modern art. The interpretation of the spanish philosopher about the relation between the contemporary art and its public controversial reception, is a subject of great importance today. Organized by ortega y gasset projects codirector eleanna anagnos. The dehumanization of art and other essays on art, culture, and. The dehumanization of art and other essays on art, culture. Revolt of the masses 1930 he urges that countries should be ruled by the intellectual elite to avoid the decaying influence of mob control on the arts and government.
The family was definitively of spains endofthecentury liberal and educated bourgeoisie. Jose ortega y gasset, music, new music, art, life, culture. This composition includes three more essays in addition to ortegas original work. Regreso a espana en 1945 y residio salvo viajes al extranjero, especialmente a alemania en madrid. He worked during the first half of the 20th century, while spain oscillated between monarchy, republicanism, and dictatorship. Jose ortega y gasset 18831955 was a prolific and distinguished spanish philosopher in the twentieth century. Libro nuevo o segunda mano, sinopsis, resumen y opiniones. Ortega y gasset jose 1925 1972 the dehumanization of art.
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