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Full Idea
Only In the course of the nineteenth century, and in the wake of Hegel's posthumously published lectures on aesthetics, did the topic of art come to replace that of natural beauty as the core subject-matter of aesthetics.
Gist of Idea
Nineteenth century aesthetics focused on art rather than nature (thanks to Hegel)
Source
report of Georg W.F.Hegel (Lectures on Aesthetics [1826], 5) by Roger Scruton - Beauty: a very short introduction
Book Ref
Scruton,Roger: 'Beauty: A Very Short Introduction' [OUP 2011], p.82
| 22043 | Hegel largely ignores aesthetic pleasure, taste and beauty, and focuses on the meaning of artworks [Hegel, by Pinkard] |
| 22042 | Natural beauty is unimportant, because it doesn't show human freedom [Hegel, by Pinkard] |
| 20413 | For Hegel the importance of art concerns the culture, not the individual [Hegel, by Eldridge] |
| 20394 | The purpose of art is to reveal to Spirit its own nature [Hegel, by Davies,S] |
| 21794 | The main purpose of art is to express the unity of human life [Hegel] |
| 18549 | Nineteenth century aesthetics focused on art rather than nature (thanks to Hegel) [Hegel, by Scruton] |
| 21795 | What I hold true must also be part of my feelings and character [Hegel] |
| 21793 | Genuine truth is the resolution of the highest contradiction [Hegel] |
| 20415 | Art forms a bridge between the sensuous world and the world of pure thought [Hegel] |