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?
He never truly explains as how it is different is that the aesthetic emotion is peculiar and that it stands out on its own. How this works can't be deciphered because there is no standard definition of the term. Even still, the emotions people feel from art are based off their everyday lives. What they find in art is a reflection of themselves. Bell however, believes that the true ecstasy of art comes from the complete removal of the mundane from art, but that can never truly be done as what I enjoy in art and look for, comes from my everyday life experiences.
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