The Philosophy of Fine Art, volume 3 (of 4): Hegel's AesthetikHegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
Philosophy
The Philosophy of Fine Art, volume 3 (of 4): Hegel's Aesthetik
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
Aesthetics
THE PHILOSOPHY OF
FINE ART
BY
G. W. F. HEGEL
TRANSLATED, WITH NOTES, BY
F. P. B. OSMASTON, B.A.
AUTHOR OF "THE ART AND GENIUS OF TINTORET," "AN ESSAY
ON THE FUTURE OF POETRY," AND OTHER WORKS
VOL. III
LONDON
G. BELL AND SONS, LTD.
1920
CONTENTS OF VOL. III
THIRD PART
THE SYSTEM OF THE PARTICULAR ARTS
INTRODUCTION
[Summary. Nature of the relation between the system of Art-types,
or the collective totality of ideal world-presentments, and their
objective realization in independent works of art. Nature of the
process in the evolution of the specific arts themselves, and of the
aspects identical in all. The origins of art. Grace, Charm, and severe
or agreeable Style]
DIVISION OF THE SUBJECT
[The principle of differentiation as determined by the sensuous aspect
of the subject-matter, and the relation thereto of the human senses
of Sight, Hearing, and intellectual Conception. Insufficiency of such
a principle of classification. Alternative principle discussed and
illustrated of more concrete nature, in which the evolution of truth
as the reality of the Idea itself is presented]
SUBSECTION I
ARCHITECTURE
INTRODUCTION
[Of the beginnings of human art, and that of building in particular.
Of the nature of the subordinate classification of architecture viewed
as symbolic, classical and romantic]
Division of Subject
CHAPTER I
INDEPENDENT AND SYMBOLIC ARCHITECTURE
Introduction and Subdivision
1. Works of architecture erected in order to unite peoples
2. Works of architecture intermediate between the arts of building and
sculpture
(_a_) The influence of the generative activity of Nature on the form
of buildings
(_b_) Further modification of similar conceptions in the obelisks of
Egypt and other examples
(_c_) Temple enclosures, labyrinths, etc.
3. The transition from self-substantive architecture to the classical
type
(_a_) The nature of subterranean dwellings
(_b_) Construction raised to house the dead in Egypt and elsewhere.
The Pyramids
(_c_) Buildings that directly subserve a purpose as the point
of transition to the classical type. The ordinary dwelling. The
environment of the sculptured image. The adoption of the principle of
expediency. The abstraction of parts of a building from the organic
form, _e.g._, in the column
CHAPTER II
CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE
Introduction and Subdivision
1. The general character of classical architecture
(_a_) Serviceableness to a definite end
(_b_) The nature of the fitness or power of adaptation of such a
structure to such an end
(_c_) The relatively greater artistic freedom of such architecture.
Architecture as frozen music. The dwelling-house
2. The fundamental determinants of architectural forms in their
separation
(_a_) Buildings of wood and stone. The question of their historical
priority
(_b_) The specific forms of the parts of a temple-dwelling.
[(_α_) Features of support. The column
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