Philosophy of Art

...representation of the ∞ Infinite will again have its counterparts, for the same thing always returns; so it will also have its ideal and real sides and possess the same point.

Art

ideal side   real side   ideal side   real
Lyric   Epic   Music   Painting   Sculpture

As we have proceeded with the scientific construction of art up to the concrete of appearance, as to the determinant of art, there is the determination of time; but since it also abstracts from the accidental in the determination of time, it is also in this respect a subject of science. According to time, its first law is the dualism of the ancient and modern worlds; but this, just like time, is unessential and merely form, just like the opposition of ideality and reality. Therefore, that first law must also be viewed in this light. The history of art must represent the various products of genius, yet always as products of the gods with an inner w...?