Hegel's Contested Legacy: Rethinking the Relation between Art History and Philosophy

• Autores: Jason Gaiger
• Localización: Art bulletin, ISSN 0004-3079, Vol. 93, Nº 2, 2011, págs. 178-194
• Idioma: inglés
• Texto completo no disponible (Saber más ...)
• Resumen

  • The publication of the original auditors’ transcripts of Hegel’s lectures on aesthetics offers an opportunity to reexamine the Hegelian inheritance in art history. Ernst Gombrich’s attempt to “work off” this inheritance provided an important corrective to the unquestioning use of his ideas by Vienna school art historians. However, the simplifications of this account—and the simplifications to which it in turn has been subjected—can be challenged by widening the scope of inquiry to include the “nonmetaphysical” readings of Hegel that have gained currency in contemporary philosophical debates. This raises broader questions about the concourse between the two disciplines.