Hegel's aesthetics

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After reading Hegel's aesthetics of art I have been able to understand why a picture or song looks/sounds great. I have gained knowledge of the fundamentals or art. I have used this newly found knowledge of art and applied it to songs that I enjoy and have meaning to them. I will be breaking down a classic country song and find out why it has been able to still be popular after many years. The song is “He Stopped Loving Her Today” by the late George Jones. It is regarded as the greatest country song of all time according to several surveys which were voted on by fans and industry insiders.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel viewed art as a framework to account in an integrated and developmental way for the relation of mind and nature. There are three parts of Hegel's philosophical account of art and beauty. These parts include ideal beauty, the different forms that beauty takes in history, and the different arts in which beauty is encountered. Hegel believes that art is more beautiful than nature. This is because that art is an expression of mind while nature is just a mechanical set of pieces. Hegel believed that art progressed over time. From ancient art to modern art built upon the past version of art and makes it better. An example of progression of art is the cave paintings to Greek sculptors to modern art.
Then Hegel discusses how art can be presented architecture, sculpture, painting, music, and poetry. He also believes that each of these mediums is built upon one another with poetry being the pinnacle of art. His opinion on art can be found on page 94,"Music, too, treats the sensuous as ideal, and does by negating and idealizing into the individual isolation of a single point, the indifferent externality of space, who...

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...nd modern. This shows that over time humans have progressed from simple cave drawings to modern architecture and music. Though I disagree with Hegel believing that a rendition of an event or place is better than the event/place itself. For example I would rather be in the woods than just seeing a fancy painting of it in a museum. However, I can see he means that the artist will and spirit are what make him able to be painting the site. I believe that some of Hegel’s views are timeless such as his thought of the artistic soul and progression. While there are some parts of his views that are dated such as poetry being the pinnacle of romantic arts instead of music. Though, this is because music was fundamental and has evolved since 1831(the time of his death). He will remain a leader in philosophy of art and continue to enlighten many people by his philosophy of art.

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