Aesthetic quests of early French romanticism. Joseph Joubert

The subject of the study are the fundamental philosophical and aesthetic problems in the aesthetics of the early French romantic Joseph Joubert. His ideas about the essence of art, its intrinsic value are revealed; analyzed problems of imitation and depiction as a figurative multiplication of life, the relationship between art and nature; talent, inspiration and creative imagination of the artist, reality and illusion; trends in the synthesis of arts, the predominance of the spiritual principle over the material. Emphasis is placed on the role of associative memory and suggestion in the creative process. His concept of expressiveness of artistic form and artistic style, closely related to the problems of aesthetic taste, aesthetic evaluation, and the priority of the ideal in art, is analyzed. The special importance that Joubert, as a strict moralist, attached to the relationship between aesthetics and ethics, the educational role of art, and the specifics of its perception is shown. The multifaceted nature of this study predetermined the use of a number of methodological approaches: philosophical and aesthetic approach, art historical analysis, comparative, interdisciplinary methods. The main conclusion of the study is that Joubert created an original aesthetic concept that was in demand both in mature French romanticism and in the symbolism of the 19th-20th centuries. Many of its lines remain relevant in the 21st century, in particular, the increased interest of artists in the non-rational, invisible ideas of the suggestive influence of art and trends in the synthesis of arts. The author's special contribution is that the study of Joubert's aesthetic theory and artistic practice is based on original material. The author of the article analyzed the aesthetic views of one of the significant early French romantics, which had not previously been the subject of special research in Russian science.

Joubert, romanticism, aesthetics, art, creativity, spirituality, imitation, image, suggestion, synthesis of arts