Bosch’s triptych carry us beyond the limits of experience to a complex idea of morality and infinity a timeless, abysmal scene that our imagination cannot grasp. The Garden of Earthly Delights exhibits an inconceivable scene that alternates between attraction and repulsion with regard to the totality of mans’s freedom in the world. The Sublime The Garden of Earthly Delights: Kantian Interpretation The dynamically sublime could be described as a terrifying occurrence in nature which holds power over our actions in life, but is not deemed dangerous to a disinterested viewer – such as a powerful thunderstorm or the power of God. An example of the mathematically sublime would be the apprehension of size of the universe this magnitude is incomprehensible, though it can be studied with calculation and comparative measurement, the concept exceeds our imagination and understanding and makes us aware of the idea of totality within its formlessness. Furethermore, Kant breaks down the sublime into two categories: the mathematical sublime, which overwhelms us with magnitude and grandeur the dynamically sublime, which occurs when an overbearing force restricts our ability to resist. Kant describes the sublime as a feeling that arises when we are aware of divine experiences – or what he calls a priori knowledge: universal validity, independent of experience. Thus, a vast ocean or powerful storm is subject to the imagination, thus, it is not the sublimity of the ocean itself, but the sublimity of the ideas of reason – a concept which alternates between an attraction and repulsion of totality or freedom. Kant explains that the sublime is an attribute of the mind and not of nature. This claim is manifested in the idea that the sublime can not be found in any sensible form, for it is the beautiful that is concerned with form. Kant makes claim that objects in nature can be beautiful, but not sublime.
For Kant, aesthetic judgements branch off into experiences – either that of beauty or sublimity. For the puposes of this particular exploration, I will focus on The Critique of Judgement, one of Kant’s most influential works on Aesthetics. Kant was an 18th century German philosopher, born in Königsberg, Prussia, in 1724.
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