What Is Art? · Chapter
Appendices explained
The appendices provide supplementary material, including a translation of an excerpt from a letter by Richard Wagner and a translation of a poem by Baudelaire, which illustrate the aesthetic theories discussed in the main text.
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The appendices provide supplementary material, including a translation of an excerpt from a letter by Richard Wagner and a translation of a poem by Baudelaire, which illustrate the aesthetic theories discussed in the main text.
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- Richard Wagner
Excerpt from a letter by Wagner is included as an appendix.
- Charles Baudelaire
A poem by Baudelaire is translated and included as an appendix.
