"How does Clive Bell establish that the aesthetic world is a "world with emotions of its own" in which "the emotions of life find no place" (267)? Do you think he explains this fully? Can you think of reasons or examples as to why he is right/wrong?"
On page 266 in the second column, he says, "to appreciate a work of art we need to bring with us nothing from life, no knowledge of its ideas and affairs, no familiarity with its emotions. Art transports us from the world of man's activity to a world of aesthetic exaltation." He says a few pages before hand on 263, "all systems of aesthetics must be based on personal experience," and on 262, "we have no other means of recognizing a work of art than our feeling for it." The things he said on his earlier pages seem to contradict what he was saying. I'm not sure if these things actually go well with each other in Bell's view or not. Any insight is appreciated.
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