Hegel's Art History and the Critique of Modernity
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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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521066808
ISBN13:9780521066808
Release Date:June 2008
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:308 Pages
Weight:1.18 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 7.0" x 10.0"
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