„I am here to make you think”. A kanti fenséges és a vizuális absztrakció kapcsolatáról

In the 1950s, many painters from the New York School began to create a series of black paintings. Among them were Mark Rothko, Frank Stella and Franz Kline. In my paper, through the analyses of some of the works of the latter artists, I intend to point out how visual abstraction can be interpreted through Kant’s concept of the sublime and the direct or indirect impact Kant’s ideas had on modern art and the art theory of the modernity. In addition to all of this, my aim through the analysis is also to point out the subtle differences that can be distinguished between the conceptual solutions of non-figurative paintings and within the aesthetic quality of the sublime.