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Book SynopsisA collection of essays which aim to raise the profile of Hegel's aesthetic theory by showing in detail precisely why that theory is so powerful. This work demonstrate that Hegel's lectures on aesthetics constitute one of the richest reservoirs of ideas about the arts, their history, and their future that we possess.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: An Overview of Hegel's Aesthetics, by Stephen Houlgate; 1. Symbolic, Classical, and Romantic Art, by Terry Pinkard; 2. Hegel's Architecture, by David Kolb; 3. Hegel on the Beauty of Sculpture, by Stephen Houlgate; 4. Carnation and the Eccentricity of Painting, by John Sallis; 5. Hegel on Music, by Richard Eldridge; 6. Hegel's Theory of Tragedy, by Stephen Houlgate; 7. Art and History: Hegel on the End, the Beginning, and the Future of Art, by Martin Donougho; 8. Freedom from Nature? Post-Hegelian Reflections on the End(s) of Art, by J. M. Bernstein; 9. What Was Abstract Art? (From the Point of View of Hegel), by Robert B. Pippin; 10. Art, Religion, and the Modernity of Hegel, by John Walker; 11. The ""Religion of Art"", by Rudiger Bubner; 12. Hegel and German Romanticism, by Judith Norman.
