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In this paper, it is tried to consider the characteristics of the artistic understanding and to propound a proper answer to the question that “what is the art?” Since, this answer involves the element of value, the status of this element in the views of thinkers such Kant, Hegel, Adorno and Heidegger are considered. The main conclusion of the paper is that Heidegger’s artistic conception enjoy characteristics relying on which we can prepare an area for conjoining different philosophical views about the value of the art and the works of art that gathering them together may seem very problematical.

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