This anthology is remarkable not only for the selections themselves, among which the Schelling and the Heidegger essays were translated especially for this volume, but also for the editors' general introduction and the introductory essays for each selection, which make this volume an invaluable aid to the study of the powerful, recurrent ideas concerning art, beauty, critical method, and the nature of representation. Because this collection makes clear the ways in which the philosophy of art relates to and is part of general philosophical positions, it will be an essential sourcebook to students of philosophy, art history, and literary criticism.So impressed was he by the problems of art and aesthetics that as early as 1772, in a letter to Marcus Herz, he anticipated writing a treatise on criticism and taste. He devoted one essay prior to the writing of the Critique of Pure Reason (17S1 ) anbsp;...
Title | : | Philosophies of Art and Beauty |
Author | : | Albert Hofstadter, Richard Kuhns |
Publisher | : | University of Chicago Press - 2009-02-04 |
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