Project Gutenberg 2017-08-11 Public domain in the USA. 541 Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich 1770 1831 Hegel, G. W. F. (Georg Wilhelm Friedrich) Osmaston, Francis Plumptre Beresford 1857 1925 Osmaston, Francis P. (Francis Plumptre) The Philosophy of Fine Art, volume 1 (of 4) Hegel's Aesthetik Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lectures_on_Aesthetics Produced by Laura Natal Rodriguez and Marc D'Hooghe at Free Literature (online soon in an extended version,also linking to free sources for education worldwide ... MOOC's, educational materials,...) Images generously made available by the Internet Archive.) "The Philosophy of Fine Art, Volume 1" by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel is a philosophical treatise exploring aesthetics and the nature of art, written in the early 19th century. The work sets out to delve into concepts of beauty, artistic expression, and the relation of art to human experience, rejecting the notion that art is a mere pastime and instead positing it as a significant and high form of human creativity. Hegel argues that the beauty of art, being a product of human intellect and spirit, stands hierarchically above natural beauty. The opening of this volume begins with a translator's preface discussing the challenges involved in translating Hegel's work and the importance of retaining the philosophical depth of his original ideas. Hegel's inquiry into aesthetics is framed as an essential pursuit, seeking to affirm that fine art is deserving of serious philosophical examination. He addresses common objections regarding art's worth, arguing against views that see it as frivolous or simply decorative. Through the introduction, a foundation is laid for a profound exploration of art, asserting that it reflects ideas of truth and spirit, ultimately elevating the discussion of art from mere enjoyment to a serious scientific and philosophical study of human creation and perception. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 39.5 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Aesthetics N Text Category: Art Category: Philosophy & Ethics 1217513 2025-07-22T06:59:24.144125 text/html 1206991 2024-10-23T02:30:15 text/html 777978 2025-07-22T06:59:37.592567 application/epub+zip 795754 2025-07-22T06:59:26.378167 application/epub+zip 498724 2025-07-22T06:59:25.236143 application/epub+zip 1132734 2025-07-22T06:59:45.370576 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1044080 2025-07-22T06:59:36.206615 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 750696 2022-08-25T04:21:51.143619 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1028479 2025-07-22T06:59:22.457133 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1008433 2024-10-23T02:30:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17391 2025-07-22T06:59:45.515524 application/rdf+xml 11581 2025-07-22T06:59:25.412128 image/jpeg 2152 2025-07-22T06:59:25.324124 image/jpeg 719202 2025-07-22T06:59:24.235137 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia de.wikipedia