Under the Aspect of Eternity: The Human Right to Enjoy the Arts

Creation and enjoyment of art are human activities universal across time place. It was fitting, then, for the text 1948 Universal Declaration Human Rights to affirm right arts. However, this right, as stated in article 27, is barely mentioned subsequent United Nations covenants declarations. This Article seeks bring enjoy arts, particular visual back into limelight.
 For philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, artworks objects seen sub specie aeternitatis (under aspect eternity). engages with affirmation eternal urge create arts a right. The first establishes universality explain why has been affirmed then traces development statement beyond. exercise reveals potential tension between artists’ claims copyright moral rights, other community members’ considers nature 27 contemporary world sketches vision rights-based art.