Aesthetics: Lectures on Fine Art by G.W.F. Hegel Volume I

by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Book Overview

This is the second of two volumes of the only English edition of Hegel's Aesthetics, the work in which he gives full expression to his seminal theory of art. The substantial Introduction is his best exposition of his general philosophy of art. In Part I he considers the general nature of artas a spiritual experience, distinguishes the beauty of art and the beauty of nature, and examines artistic genius and originality. Part II surveys the history...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198244983
• ISBN13: 9780198244981
• Release Date: June 1988
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 638 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.