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Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic Benedetto Croce
Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic
Table of Contents Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic............................................................................1 Benedetto Croce.......................................................................................................................................1 INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................................2 I. INTUITION AND EXPRESSION.......................................................................................................8 II. INTUITION AND ART....................................................................................................................13 III. ART AND PHILOSOPHY..............................................................................................................18 IV. HISTORICISM AND INTELLECTUALISM IN AESTHETIC....................................................22 V. ANALOGOUS ERRORS IN HISTORIC AND LOGIC..................................................................26 VI. THEORETIC AND PRACTICAL ACTIVITY..............................................................................29 VII. ANALOGY BETWEEN THE THEORETIC AND THE PRACTICAL......................................33 VIII. EXCLUSION OF OTHER SPIRITUAL FORMS........................................................................36 IX. INDIVISIBILITY OF EXPRESSION INTO MODES OR GRADES AND CRITIQUE OF RHETORIC..........................................................................................................................................38 X. AESTHETIC FEELINGS AND THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE UGLY AND THE BEAUTIFUL........................................................................................................................................42 XI. CRITIQUE OF AESTHETIC HEDONISM....................................................................................46 XII. THE AESTHETIC OF THE SYMPATHETIC AND PSEUDO−AESTHETIC CONCEPTS......48 XIII. THE SO−CALLED PHYSICALLY BEAUTIFUL IN NATURE AND ART............................51 XIV. MISTAKES ARISING FROM THE CONFUSION BETWEEN PHYSIC AND AESTHETIC.........................................................................................................................................56 XV. THE ACTIVITY OF EXTERNALIZATION, TECHNIQUE AND THE THEORY OF THE ARTS....................................................................................................................................................59 XVI. TASTE AND THE REPRODUCTION OF ART.........................................................................63 XVII. THE HISTORY OF LITERATURE AND ART.........................................................................68 XVIII. CONCLUSION: IDENTITY OF LINGUISTIC AND AESTHETIC.......................................73 HISTORICAL SUMMARY...............................................................................................................................79 I. AESTHETIC IDEAS IN GRAECO−ROMAN ANTIQUITY...........................................................79 II. AESTHETIC IDEAS IN THE MIDDLE AGE AND IN THE RENAISSANCE............................83 III. SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES..................................................................84 APPENDIX.......................................................................................................................................................123 II...........................................................................................................................................................128 III.......................................................................................................................