he work of a genius. So what is the rule with no concept as its basis that is behind awork of fine art? As we cannot actually set out this rule due to its lackof a concept, Kant feels that the only way in which it can be understoodis by experiencing the works of geniuses directly. In this way the worksbecome exemplary models, which a pupil can then use for following,though not for imitation. Alternatively the work of a genius may inspireother geniuses to create their own original works of genius.15/06/93 However, Kant does not want to say that a work of geniusis devoid of any rules whatsoever. "Genius can do no more than furnishrich material for products of fine art; its elaboration and its form requirea talent academically trained, so that it may be employed in such a wayas to stand the test of judgement." (page 171-172). In other words,without experience and technique, a genius will not produce a fine workof art. A genius needs the best training and conditions possible toflourish, and only "shallow minds fancy that the best evidence they cangive of their being full-blown geniuses is by emancipating themselvesfrom all academic constraints of rules, in the belief that one cuts a finerfigure on the back of an ill-tempered than of a trained horse." (page171). We saw in Kant's Four Moments of the Aesthetic Judgement that toestimate the beauty of an object in nature, we require taste, and mustnot bring into consideration the objective finality of the object in makingour judgement. In other words, the end of the object or perfectioncontained therein is not to be included in our judgement. A product ofart on the other hand in being declared beautiful "always presupposesan end in the cause (and its causality), a concept of what the thing isintended to be must first of all be laid at its basis...as its end constitutesthe perfection of the thing, it follows that in estimating the beauty of artthe perfection of the thing must al...
