What Is Art? · Character
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer and poet referenced in art discussions.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe shows up with force in Chapter III: Aesthetic Theories of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Mentioned as influenced by Hemsterhuis's aesthetic ideas.
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- Referenced thinkers and artists
- True and counterfeit artists
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- Chapter III: Aesthetic Theories of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
- IV
- The Substitution of Counterfeits for Art
- Chapter XVI
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