Hegel und das Ende der Kunst

Alberto Siani's book revisits a number of positions about the »end of art« (mainly E. Geulen, R. Pippin, A. C. Danto) and reaffirms an interpretation close to the thought of D. Henrich and the school of A. Gethmann-Siefert. In modernity, there is no end of art, only a lessened importance of it which liberates art to fulfil its real purpose, namely the expression of the individual. In extending the bibliographical background, the following article tries to open perspectives beyond this common view, hinting at the exact sense of » being-passed « in the context of absolute spirit, the ontological status of art in its being-as-passed, its relation to the institution of the museum and objective spirit in general, as well as highlighting some consequences for the analysis of art works.
Alberto L. Siani, Hegel and the present of art's past character, New York/London: Routledge, 2024. 157 S. - Robert Pippin, After the Beautiful. Hegel and the Philosophy of pictorial Modernism, Chicago/ London: Chicago University Press, 2014. 176 S. - Eva Geulen, Das Ende der Kunst. Lesarten eines Gerüchts nach Hegel, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 2002. 199 S.