Hegel's Art History and the Critique of Modernity (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521066808)

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.

Author: Beat Wyss
ISBN-10: 0521066808
ISBN-13: 9780521066808
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/19/2008
Pages: 308
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.18lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.65d