Herder's Aesthetics and the European Enlightenment / Robert E. Norton
1991, First Edition. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #447251
ISBN: 0801425301
Physical description; 280 p. 2 b&w illustrations. Contents; Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- A Note on the Translations -- Introduction -- 1. Enlightenment Philosophy and the Problem of Method: The Origins of Herder's Aesthetic Theory -- 2. The Ideal of a Philosophical History of Aesthetics: The Diverse Unity of Nature -- 3. The Philosophy of Language and Its Relation to Aesthetic Theory -- 4. Toward an Ontology of the Arts: The First Kritisches Wäldchen -- 5. The Psychology of Aesthetic Perception: The Fourth Kritisches Wäldchen -- 6. Herder's Theory of Sculpture: Vision and Touch and the Outline of a Philosophical "Anaglyphies" -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index. Subjects; Herder, Johann Gottfried 1744-1803 Aesthetics. Aesthetics, Modern 18th century.
Philosophy, German 18th century. Siècle des Lumières.
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