Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Benedetto Croce
- First Published: 1902
- Type of Work: Aesthetic philosophy and history
- Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction, Philosophy, History
- Subjects: History, Philosophy or philosophers, Art or artists, Beauty, Reality, Metaphysics, Life, philosophy of, Aesthetics
Critical Evaluation:
Benedetto Croce’s Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic is important because he was the first to expound the theory of Organic Unity, that form and content are one. Working from this principle and its corollaries, Croce evolved a conception of art and the means by which one could judge works of art of any time or place according to a consistent standard. He held that man’s activities are intelligible only as an effort to realize ideals—beauty, truth, ethics—and that history is the record of human intelligence building up...
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