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Zaótseva N.V..
The concept of the elusive "le je ne sais quoi" as a category of gallant aesthetics.
// Culture and Art. – 2022. – ¹ 7.
– P. 1-11.
DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2022.7.36085.
DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2022.7.36085
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Abstract: Since the middle of the last century, there have been disputes around the classicist doctrine, which blur the seemingly clear picture of the art of the XVII century and show that along with the aesthetics of classicism, the aesthetics of rules and order, there was another gallant aesthetics.
In this dispute about classicism and aesthetic theories of the XVII century, the concept of the "elusive" is given a special place, since it demonstrates the ambiguity and complexity of the art of this period. The concept of the "elusive" is at the heart of the eternal dilemma of the art of the XVII century, the choice between beauty and grace, rational and irrational. However, in modern research, with all the relevance of the theme of style and the style of the era, this aesthetic category is not given sufficient attention. This article shows how a broad discussion of this concept in the salon environment leads to the fact that the principle of "elusive" becomes a requirement and a sign of gallant behavior. Throughout the XVII century, in all discussions and disputes, two points of view on the nature of the "elusive" are affirmed - the rationalistic one, according to which, even if we do not know the laws and nature of the elusive, it does not mean that they do not exist, and the mystical one, which elevated this concept to something supernatural, divine.
The article shows how the arguments about the elusive and the resulting ideas about beauty and grace blur the ideal theory of classicism and demonstrate a complex picture of the ideas and aesthetic tastes of the XVII century.
Keywords: gallantry, philosophy of the XVII century, the art of liking, classicism, aesthetics of the XVII century, gallant aesthetics, french literature, classical doctrine, art of the XVII century, literature of the XVII century
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