Della Volpe, critic of Lukács

Abstract

Some criticism of Della Volpe to the Lukacsian esthetics is presented. According to the Italian philosopher, a materialistic philosophy of art could not be established upon the concept of intuition. The basic categories should be the category of "cognitive plenitude" and the category of "specific language". It is, thus, proposed that the Della volpian system be taken into consideration as the true starting point for the reflexions upon art, upon the relationships between the work and the society, upon the degree of knowledge produced by the artistic universe.