The Philosophy of Fine Art, volume 1 (of 4) by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Read now or download (free!)

Choose how to read this book Url Size
Read online (web) https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/55334.html.images 1.2 MB
EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/55334.epub3.images 760 kB Send
to
kindle
email:

EPUB (older E-readers) https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/55334.epub.images 777 kB
EPUB (no images, older E-readers) https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/55334.epub.noimages 487 kB
Kindle https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/55334.kf8.images 1.1 MB
older Kindles https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/55334.kindle.images 1020 kB
Plain Text UTF-8 https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/55334.txt.utf-8 1004 kB
Download HTML (zip) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/55334/pg55334-h.zip 702 kB
There may be more files related to this item.

About this eBook

Author Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831
Translator Osmaston, Francis Plumptre Beresford, 1857-1925
Title The Philosophy of Fine Art, volume 1 (of 4)
Hegel's Aesthetik
Note Wikipedia page about this book: https: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lectures_on_Aesthetics
Note Reading ease score: 39.5 (College-level). Difficult to read.
Credits Produced by Laura Natal Rodriguez and Marc D'Hooghe at
Free Literature (online soon in an extended version,also
linking to free sources for education worldwide ... MOOC's,
educational materials,...) Images generously made available
by the Internet Archive.)
Summary "The Philosophy of Fine Art, Volume 1" by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel is a philosophical treatise exploring aesthetics and the nature of art, written in the early 19th century. The work sets out to delve into concepts of beauty, artistic expression, and the relation of art to human experience, rejecting the notion that art is a mere pastime and instead positing it as a significant and high form of human creativity. Hegel argues that the beauty of art, being a product of human intellect and spirit, stands hierarchically above natural beauty. The opening of this volume begins with a translator's preface discussing the challenges involved in translating Hegel's work and the importance of retaining the philosophical depth of his original ideas. Hegel's inquiry into aesthetics is framed as an essential pursuit, seeking to affirm that fine art is deserving of serious philosophical examination. He addresses common objections regarding art's worth, arguing against views that see it as frivolous or simply decorative. Through the introduction, a foundation is laid for a profound exploration of art, asserting that it reflects ideas of truth and spirit, ultimately elevating the discussion of art from mere enjoyment to a serious scientific and philosophical study of human creation and perception. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language English
LoC Class N: Fine Arts
Subject Aesthetics
Category Text
EBook-No. 55334
Release Date
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
Downloads 280 downloads in the last 30 days.
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!