Aisthesis

RanciAAAa AaAAaAa AaAAAAAaAA!AAaAaAA*reAAAa AaAAaAaAAAAAaAAAAaAAAaAA!AAaAaAAAAAaAAAAaAAAaAA?AAaAaAAs magnum opus on the aesthetic.Composed in a series of scenes, AisthesisAAAa AaAAaAaAAAAAaAAAAaAAAaAA!AAaAaAAAAAaAAAAaAAAaAAAAaAaAaRanciAAAa AaAAaAa AaAAAAAaAA!AAaAaAA*reAAAa AaAAaAaAAAAAaAAAAaAAAaAA!AAaAaAAAAAaAAAAaAAAaAA?AAaAaAAs definitive statement on the aestheticAAAa AaAAaAaAAAAAaAAAAaAAAaAA!AAaAaAAAAAaAAAAaAAAaAAAAaAaAatakes its reader from Dresden in 1764 to New York in 1941. Along the way, we view the Belvedere Torso with Winckelmann, accompany Hegel to the museum and MallarmAAAa AaAAaAa AaAAAAAaAA!AAaAaAA(c) to the Folies-BergAAAa AaAAaAa AaAAAAAaAA!AAaAaAA*re, attend a lecture by Emerson, visit exhibitions in Paris and New York, factories in Berlin, and film sets in Moscow and Hollywood. RanciAAAa AaAAaAa AaAAAAAaAA!AAaAaAA*re uses these sites and eventsAAAa AaAAaAaAAAAAaAAAAaAAAaAA!AAaAaAAAAAaAAAAaAAAaAAAAaAaAAsome famous, others forgottenAAAa AaAAaAaAAAAAaAAAAaAAAaAA!AAaAaAAAAAaAAAAaAAAaAAAAaAaAAto ask what becomes art and what comes of it. He shows how a regime of artistic perception and interpretation was constituted and transformed by erasing the specificities of the different arts, as well as the borders that separated them from ordinary experience. This incisive study provides a history of artistic modernity far removed from the conventional postures of modernism.