

The last is the debate and reflection that will be open to the academic community in this paper to clarify and, subsequently, define the concept, two fundamental and inherent aspects are presented in this document: first, the pragmatist line that addresses an epistemological framework of the idea second, two Deweyan elements will be enlightened, these are the living organism and nature, which, as the axis of an empirical influence, are analyzed from the Vermont philosopher's perspective. Detailed state-of-the-art review during the past decade, in terms of the idea of experience in Dewey, makes it possible to think that this concept-although not precisely defined as that of a dictionary-can be analyzed more accurately. However, specific approaches have probably become inexact when interpreting many of his concepts, even thinking that they are superficial idealism. What did John Dewey mean by the experience? Researchers of John Dewey's work (philosophers, psychologists, artists and educators, among many others) often attempt to decipher the American thinker's thesis, statements and postulates. Neste artigo, analisamos três obras de arte da Antiguidade tardia (séculos III-VI a.C.), principalmente, seguindo os conceitos-chave de Dewey de análise formal e desvio, para reconstruir a experiência estética do autor, o observador e o patrono de cada obra de arte.

Resumo: Ainda que a estética de John Dewey tenha sido assunto de uma grande quantidade de estudos conduzidos através de abordagens muito diferentes (filosófica, sociológica, pedagógica, entre outras) há uma ausência de contribuições capazes de reconhecer vínculos entre a estética de Dewey e a história da arte. Secondly, we want to demonstrate that a pragmatist interpretation of late antique art is more fruitful and less reductionist than the traditional ones (Formalist, Orientalist, and Marxist). Firstly, we want to demonstrate that an approach based on Dewey's theory is fruitful when it comes to studying ancient works of art. C.) mainly following Dewey's key concepts of detour and formal analysis, in order to reconstruct the aesthetic experience of the author, the beholder and the patron of each artwork. In this article we analyze three works of art from the Late Antiquity (III-VI century a. Although John Dewey's aesthetics has been the subject of a great amount of studies conducted through very different approaches (philosophical, sociological and pedagogical among others) there is a lack of contributions capable of recognizing the linkage between Dewey's aesthetics and the history of art.
