Heidegger's Confrontation to Modern Art

Great art is the focus of Heidegger's analysis of art in the book "The origin of the work of art," which has a non-aesthetic value and is the scene of the being of truth. However, modern art represents an aesthetic dominance of art that ultimately leads to the death of great art. Heidegger's view changed after getting acquainted with the works of some modern artists, especially Cézanne and Klee's paintings and the poetry of poets like Rilke, and consequently, he started to analyze modern art from a new perspective. Altogether, modern art also could Provide human habitation in the vicinity of being and solve the homelessness of contemporary man. Therefore, some of these works can be considered great art. The present article aims to examine Heidegger's encounter with some modern artists' works and reveals the consequences of this encounter in changing his view of art in modern times.