Philosophy of Art

Hist.History of art seems to be something contradictory.
theArt is presented as something perfect in itself,
Hist.but history works toward an ∞ Infinite progression. However, in its spirit, art is complete in itself, like
itsthe archetype, but this general spirit in
inwhich it expresses itself is divided by an accidental
mmodification of the age, and leaves behind for
noweach period products appropriate to the mood of the time, and under? an? indestructible? shell
trtrue beauty is hidden. There can be an ∞ Infinite series of these modifications, without any one member lacking anything in perfection.
WWhen one speaks of an ∞ Infinity in history, one must not think of a mechanical necessity, where every
kpoint becomes a means and condition of the following one, itself
Pconditioned by another, itself of lesser
bevalue than the following one. For in this way
Wnothing in history would be complete, but nothing prevents each thing from being complete in itself while still engaging like a
hwheel in the machine of the whole /: do not take this
Rexpression mechanically :/. The spirit is
Athe same, and the different modifications
dof production are what [determine] the greater or lesser