ART IN THE ENCYCLOPEDIA AND THE SYSTEMATIC BASIS OF HEGELIAN AESTHETICS

The paper aims to expose the problematic nature of the systematic basis of Hegelian aesthetics developed in the Encyclopedia based on the analysis of some of its central themes and the modifications they undergo in the three editions of this work. First, the encyclopedic definition of the ideal and the notion of work of art contained therein are examined. Consecutively, the disputed issue of the autonomy of art with respect to religion is addressed. And finally, intuition is analyzed as a means of art itself and the consequent determinations thereof; namely, immediacy and finitude.