Heidegger’s Ontology of Art (2005)
Dreyfus explains Heidegger’s account of art in terms of performing three ontological functions: manifesting, articulating, or reconfiguring the style of a culture from within the world of the culture. The work of art, on this view, functions as a cultural paradigm that can attract its receivers to a new way of being in the world. The work of art, when viewed in this way, gives us insight into the way background practices work by embodying a style that opens up a disclosive space. The work of art allows us to notice and take a stand on our world by illuminating and glamorizing the world’s style.