This collection of essays explores the rise of aesthetics as a
response to, and as a part of, the reshaping of the arts in modern
society. The theories of art developed under the name of
'aesthetics' in the eighteenth century have traditionally been
understood as contributions to a field of study in existence since
the time of Plato. If art is a practice to be found in all human
societies, then the philosophy of art is the search for universal
features of that practice, which can be stated in definitions of
art and beauty. However, art as we know it - the system of 'fine
arts' - is largely peculiar to modern society. Aesthetics, far from
being a perennial discipline, emerged in an effort both to
understand and to shape this new social practice. These essays
share the conviction that aesthetic ideas can be fully understood
when seen not only in relation to intellectual and social contexts,
but as themselves constructed in history.
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