Hermeneutics as an Approach for the Interpretation of Hanging Textiles Design.

Abstract

The concept of hermeneutics has firstly evolved by Frederick Schleiermacher who generalized the use of hermeneutics as a basis for the linguistic understanding through the relation between the whole and the part. Hermeneutics has been introduced as a methodology to understand all the human sciences through the emotional involvement. Later the focus was shifted from interpretation to existential understanding as rooted in fundamental ontology or in other words interpretation of facticity which brought under concepts. It was pointed out that hermeneutics is an independent thought which is not based on a specific methodology but rather on philosophy of interpretation, understanding, dialogue and dialectic to unfold ambiguity and assimilate the artwork through recipients' understanding and their feelings. These feelings did not include objectivity or neutrality in general, but rather it requires fusion of horizons between artwork and recipient.