A History of Aesthetics: The spine or cover has flaws

Author: Bosanquet
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Publication Date: 2001-06-01
Features: The British Neo-Hegelian philosopher and aesthetician Bosanquet believed that the history of aesthetics is not the same as the history of aestheticians. Therefore, his History of Aesthetics (which has become a classic in contemporary aesthetics research) does not eulogize or erect monuments for any aestheticians. Bosanquet's focus has always been tightly on the river of aesthetic consciousness, from ancient Greece to modern aesthetics, he has conducted comprehensive and systematic analysis and investigation. However, this history of aesthetics is not purely the history of aesthetic theory; it is also the history of the self-revelation of the human spirit. Behind those seemingly abstract theories, what we can feel is the pulse of the human spirit of each era. Strolling through it, we seem to have experienced a spiritual homecoming journey. This book is a relatively detailed and complete monograph on the history of Western aesthetics. It conducts a comprehensive and systematic examination of the development of aesthetics from ancient Greece and Rome to the present. It primarily reflects the author's idealist view of the history of aesthetics. The book focuses on the relationship between natural beauty and artistic beauty. Starting from the discussion of the history of aesthetics, the history of the beautiful art, natural beauty, and artistic beauty, the definition of beauty and its relationship with the history of aesthetics, after clearly elaborating these relationships, it examines and demonstrates the aesthetic theories of each era along the development line of the history of aesthetics, and narrates the characteristics of aesthetic consciousness in each period as well as the historical basis and realistic conditions on which these aesthetic characteristics are formed.