A COMMENTARY TO CERTAIN ASPECTS OF HEIDEGGER'S CONCEPTION OF THE ESSENCE OF ART AND THE ORIGIN OF THE WORK OF ART. HEIDEGGER CLAIMS A TRANSITION FROM THE METAPHYSICAL CONCEPTION OF ART AND THE WORK OF ART TO THE SO-CALLED OTHER-COMMENCEMENT (DER ANDERE ANFANG) OF BEING, IN WHICH THE ART SHALL PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE.