| Hegel's Art History and the Critique of Modernity Contributor(s): Wyss, Beat (Author), Wyss, Bert (Author), Pellizzi, Francesco (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521592119 ISBN-13: 9780521592116 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $138.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Aesthetics - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General - Art | History - General |
| Dewey: 111.850 |
| LCCN: 98-30478 |
| Series: Res Monographs on Anthropology & Aesthetics |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 7" W x 10" (1.65 lbs) 306 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Germany - Ethnic Orientation - German |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this study, Beat Wyss provides a critical analysis of Hegel's theories of art history. Analogous to his philosophy of history, Hegel viewed the history of art in dialectical terms: With its origins in the Ancient Near East, Western art culminated in Classical Greece, but began its decline already in the Hellenistic period. Yet, as Wyss posits, art refuses its programmed demise. He highlights the political dimension of this contradiction, showing the implications of theories that subordinate art to the will of absolute rule. |
