THE PHILOSOPHY OF
FINE ART
BY
G. W. F. HEGEL
TRANSLATED, WITH NOTES, BY
F. P. B. OSMASTON, B.A.
AUTHOR OF "THE ART AND GENIUS OF TINTORET," "AN ESSAY
ON THE FUTURE OF POETRY," AND OTHER WORKS
VOL II
LONDON
G. BELL AND SONS, LTD.
1920
CONTENTS OF VOL. II
SECOND PART
INTRODUCTION
[Evolution of the Ideal in the Particular Types of Fine Art,namely, the Symbolic, the Classical, and the Romantic.Symbolic Art seeks after that unity of ideal significanceand external form, which Classical art in its representationof substantive individuality succeeds in securing tosensuous perception, and which Romantic art passesbeyond, owing to its excessive insistence on the claimsof Spirit]
SUBSECTION I
THE SYMBOLIC TYPE OF ART
INTRODUCTION
OF THE SYMBOL GENERALLY
[1. Symbol as a sign simply in language, colours, etc. 8
2. Not a mere sign to represent something else, but asignificant fact which presents the idea or quality itsymbolizes 9
3. Thing symbolized must have other qualities than thataccepted as symbol. Term symbol necessarily opento ambiguity 10
(a) Ambiguity in particular case whether the concretefact is set before us as a symbol. Difference betweena symbol and a simile. Illustrations 10
(b) Ambiguity extends to-entire worlds of Art, e.g,Oriental art. Two theories with regard to mythosdiscussed and contrasted 14
(c) The problems of mythology in the present treatiselimited to the question, "How far symbolism isentitled to rank as a form of Art?" Will onlyconsider symbol in so far as it belongs to Art in itsown right and itself proceeds from the notion ofthe Ideal, the unfolding of which it commences] 19
DIVISION OF SUBJECT
[1. The artistic consciousness originates in wonder. Theeffects that result from such a state. Art the first interpreterof the religious consciousness. Conceptionsenvisaged in plastic forms of natural objects 23
2. The final aim of symbolic art is classical art. Here itis dissolved. The Sublime lies between the two extremes 26
3. The stages of symbolical art classified according totheir subdivisions in the chapters of this. Second Partof the entire treatise] 29
CHAPTER I
UNCONSCIOUS SYMBOLISM
A. Unity of Significance and Form in its immediacy 36
1. The religion of
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