Hegel's Art History and the Critique of Modernity

TRAMA

A study of Hegel's conception of art history.

NOTE EDITORE

In this 1999 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 implication of theories which subordinate art to the will of absolute rule. Wyss follows his analysis of Hegel's theories with a discussion of the work of four modern successors - Nordau, Spengler, Sedlmayr and Lukacs - all of whom adapted Hegel's dialectical model, in an effort to demonstrate the central contradictions of twentieth-century aesthetics.

SOMMARIO

Part I. Hegel's Last Walk Through his Museum: 1. Morning: oriental symbolism; 2. Noon; 3. Evening: the West; 4. The fourth chapter of the dialectics; Part II. An Unholy Alliance: 5. Degeneration; 6. Decline; 7. Loss of the centre; 8. Decadence; Part III. Reason Outschemed: Epilogue.

PREFAZIONE

This 1999 book provides an analysis of Hegel's 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 modern art refuses to abide by Hegel's programmed demise.

NOTE LIBRAIO

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 implication of theories which subordinate art to the will of absolute rule. Wyss follows his analysis of Hegel’s theories with a discussion of the work of four modern successors - Nordau, Spengler, Sedlmayr and Lukacs - all of whom adapted Hegel’s dialectical model, in an effort to demonstrate the central contradictions of twentieth-century aesthetics.<br /><br />

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780521066808
• Collana: Res Monographs in Anthropology and Aesthetics
• Dimensioni: 229 x 16 x 152 mm Ø 540 gr
• Formato: Brossura
• Illustration Notes: 65 b/w illus.
• Pagine Arabe: 308