Rethinking the Arts after Hegel: From Architecture to Motion Pictures

Contents
Part I: Introduction
	1: The Systematic Division of the Individual Arts
		Introduction
		The Differentiation of Artistic Media
		The Senses and Sensuous Properties Appropriate for Fine Art
		Differentiating the Arts Through the Media of Sight, Sound, and Language
		The Differentiation of “Representational” and “Non-Representational” Arts
		Hegel’s Problematic Differentiation of the Individual Arts
Part II: The Aesthetics of Architecture
	2: The General Aesthetics of Architecture
		Architecture as the Starting Point for the Determination of the Individual Arts
		The Aesthetic Enigma of Architecture
		How We Can Remove the Category Confusion in Hegel’s Conception of Architecture
		How Architecture Embodies the General Features of Fine Art
		Engineering and Architecture
		The Relation of Architecture to the Other Arts It May Contain
		Community and Architecture
	3: The Aesthetics of Architectural Style
		Tradition and Architectural Style
		The Relation of Form and Function in Architectural Style
		The Enigma of an Independent Symbolic Architecture
		Classical Architecture as Uniting Form and Function
		Independence and Function in Romantic Architecture
Part III: The Aesthetics of Sculpture
	4: The Unique Aesthetic Achievement of Sculpture
		The Defining Limits of Sculpture
		The Creative Challenge Facing the Sculptor
	5: The Stylistics of Sculpture
		How Sculpture Embodies the Symbolic Style
		The Imperfect Perfection of Classical Sculpture
		The Limited Idealization of the Classical Nude
		Romantic Sculpture
		From Kinetic Sculpture to Mime, Pure Dance, and Holography
Part IV: The Aesthetics of Graphic Fine Art
	6: Painting as Paradigmatic Graphic Fine Art
		The Primacy of Painting in the Graphic Fine Arts
		The Dual Limitations of Hegel’s Determination of Painting
		Lessons from Hegel’s Analysis of the Generic Features of Painting
	7: Painting and Artistic Style
		Painting in the Symbolic Style
		Painting in the Classical Style
		From Figurative to Abstract Romantic Painting
	8: Photography as a Graphic Fine Art
		The Aesthetic Challenges of Photography
		The Vindication of Still Photography as a Graphic Fine Art
		The Contrast Between the Still Photograph and the Non-photographic Work of Graphic Art
		The Genres of Photography as Fine Art
		Photography and the Artforms
Part V: The Aesthetics of Music
	9: The Distinguishing Aesthetics of Music
		The Elementary Material of the Medium of Music
		How Music Unites Fundamental Meaning with the Configuration of Sound
		The Role of Rhythm in Musical Expression
		What Tonal Relations Contribute to Musical Art
		Melodic Development and Musical Form
		The Artistry of Musical Performance
		Music as an Accompaniment of Dance, Lyrics, Theater, and Cinema
	10: Musical Style
		Music and the Artforms
		Music in Realization of the Symbolic Artform
		Music in Realization of the Classical Artform
		Music in Realization of the Romantic Artform
Part VI: The Aesthetics of Literature
	11: Literature as Fine Art
		Language as a Medium of Fine Art
		Guideposts for Drawing Upon Hegel’s Account of the Fine Art of Language
		The Defining Form and Content of Literature as Fine Art
		How the Literary Use of Language Differs from the Prosaic Use of Language
		The Creative Activity of the Literary Artist
	12: The Aesthetics of Literary Genres
		The Fundamental Genres of Literature
		How the Concept of Literature Grounds the Differentiation of Literary Genres
		Epic Literature and Third-Person Narration
		Lyric Literature and First-Person Narration
			What Hegel Adds to Our Understanding of Lyric Literature
		Dramatic Literature and Dialogue
			The General Principle of Dramatic Literature
			The Distinctive Unity of the Dramatic Work of Literature
			Pathos and Dramatic Character
			Catharsis and Reaction of the Audience to Drama
			Dramatic Literature and the Public Performance of Drama
			The Genres of Drama
				Tragedy
				Comedy
				Tragicomedy
	13: The Stylistics of Literature
		Literature and the Artforms
		Literature in the Symbolic Style
			Lyric Literature in the Symbolic Style
			Epic Literature in the Symbolic Style
			Dramatic Literature in the Symbolic Style
		Literature in the Classical Style
			Lyric Literature in the Classical Style
			Epic Literature in the Classical Style
			Dramatic Literature in the Classical Style
		Literature in the Romantic Style
			Lyric Literature in the Romantic Style
			Epic Literature in the Romantic Style
				Conceiving the Novel on the Shoulders of Hegel
			Drama in the Romantic Style
				Romantic Style Tragedy
				Tragicomedy and Comedy in the Romantic Style
				The Consummation of Drama in the Romantic Style
				The Transitional Stage in the Self-Undermining of Romantic Style Drama
				The Final Struggle of Modern Drama
Part VII: The Aesthetics of Motion Pictures
	14: Pure Cinema as Fine Art
		Pure Versus Hybrid Cinema
		The Pure Art of Moving Images and the Fine Art of Photography
		What Motion Pictures Add to Still Photographic Artistry
		The Fundamental Form Language of Cinema
		Cinematic Content and Film Genres
			The Limits of Abstract Non-Objective Cinema
			The Aesthetic Challenges of Avant-Garde Surrealist Cinema
			The Aesthetic Challenges of Non-Story Non-Fiction Films
			The Aesthetic Challenges of the Fiction “Story” Film
	15: The Total Art of Hybrid Cinema
		The Fundamental Types and Stages of Hybrid Cinema
			Silent Film
			Sound Film
		The Role of Sound in Hybrid Cinema
			The Internal Integration of Sound in Film
			The External Addition of Sound to Film
			The Interaction of Internal and External Sound in Film
		The Role of Language in Hybrid Cinema
		Film Adaptation of Literary Genres
		Sound Film Versus Stage and Silent Film Acting
		Cinema and the Artforms
Works Cited
Index