"About General Aesthetic"
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"About General Aesthetic" is a section of Wassily Kandinsky’s influential theoretical treatise *Concerning the Spiritual in Art* that outlines his foundational ideas on the nature and principles of aesthetics in modern art.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: "About General Aesthetic" Context triple: [Concerning the Spiritual in Art, hasPart, "About General Aesthetic"]
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A.
Aesthetica in nuce
Aesthetica in nuce is a brief but influential 1762 philosophical treatise by Johann Georg Hamann that critiques Enlightenment rationalism and emphasizes the primacy of language, faith, and aesthetic experience.
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The Sense of Beauty
The Sense of Beauty is a 1896 philosophical work by George Santayana that explores the nature, origins, and experience of aesthetic judgment and artistic appreciation.
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Aesthetica
Aesthetica is an 18th-century philosophical treatise by Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten that helped establish aesthetics as a distinct field of philosophical inquiry.
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Lectures on Aesthetics
Lectures on Aesthetics is a posthumously published collection of G. W. F. Hegel’s university lectures that presents his influential philosophy of art and beauty within his broader idealist system.
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E.
Curiosités esthétiques
Curiosités esthétiques is a collection of art criticism and aesthetic essays by Charles Baudelaire that explores his influential views on modern art and beauty.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Target entity: "About General Aesthetic" Target entity description: "About General Aesthetic" is a section of Wassily Kandinsky’s influential theoretical treatise *Concerning the Spiritual in Art* that outlines his foundational ideas on the nature and principles of aesthetics in modern art.
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A.
Aesthetica in nuce
Aesthetica in nuce is a brief but influential 1762 philosophical treatise by Johann Georg Hamann that critiques Enlightenment rationalism and emphasizes the primacy of language, faith, and aesthetic experience.
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B.
The Sense of Beauty
The Sense of Beauty is a 1896 philosophical work by George Santayana that explores the nature, origins, and experience of aesthetic judgment and artistic appreciation.
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C.
Aesthetica
Aesthetica is an 18th-century philosophical treatise by Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten that helped establish aesthetics as a distinct field of philosophical inquiry.
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D.
Lectures on Aesthetics
Lectures on Aesthetics is a posthumously published collection of G. W. F. Hegel’s university lectures that presents his influential philosophy of art and beauty within his broader idealist system.
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E.
Curiosités esthétiques
Curiosités esthétiques is a collection of art criticism and aesthetic essays by Charles Baudelaire that explores his influential views on modern art and beauty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book section
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theoretical text ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
establish a theoretical foundation for modern art aesthetics
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justify abstraction on spiritual and aesthetic grounds ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
expression of inner necessity
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non-objective painting ⓘ spiritual in art ⓘ |
| author | Wassily Kandinsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citedIn |
scholarship on modernist aesthetics
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studies of Kandinsky’s art theory ⓘ |
| describes |
general principles of aesthetics in modern art
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inner necessity in art ⓘ relationship between form and content in art ⓘ role of abstraction in modern art ⓘ spiritual dimension of artistic creation ⓘ |
| field |
aesthetics
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art theory ⓘ modern art ⓘ |
| genre |
aesthetic theory
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art treatise ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
hierarchy of artistic forms
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inner sound of form ⓘ psychological effect of color ⓘ spiritual resonance of artworks ⓘ |
| historicalContext | early 20th century European avant-garde ⓘ |
| includedIn | first part of Concerning the Spiritual in Art ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
early abstraction
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symbolism ⓘ theosophy ⓘ |
| influences |
20th-century aesthetics
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abstract art discourse ⓘ modernist art theory ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| originalTitleOfWork | Über das Geistige in der Kunst NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Concerning the Spiritual in Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInWork | early section of Concerning the Spiritual in Art ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Kandinsky’s abstract paintings
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On the Problem of Form in Painting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| topic |
artist’s inner experience
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evolution of artistic styles ⓘ function of color and form ⓘ nature of beauty in art ⓘ |
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