On apples, or the martyr and the bulky

Abstract

In this essay, we will reflect upon comparative aesthetics with regard to the thesis about so-called different art kinds, i.e. their comparison. The analysis shows that the thesis is based upon considering the art starting from the artwork?s appearance, as well as the artistic medium and the technology of making the artwork supported by the medium. The analysis also proves that the application of the same artistic method can result in artworks in different media; since their origin is one and the same, such artworks are akin despite the differences in the appearance. Finally, our results confirm that the thinking about the art has to start with the artworks, and that the art is one of the kind. On the other hand, the kinship, as well as the particularities of individual artworks can and should be explained by referring to the artistic method. The analysis is done on the example of making the artworks in real and crypto space, by applying the artistic method of exception.