F. W. Joseph von Schelling - Plastic Arts, Beauty, and Nature

This book is a selection from the works of F. W. J. von Schelling, a prominent figure in German Idealism, focusing on the relationships among art, nature, and beauty.

His famous lecture titled "On the Relation of the Plastic Arts to Nature," a section from his work System des transzendentalen Idealismus, and one of the lectures he delivered at the University of Jena, the "Fourteenth Lecture" with the subtitle "On the Relation of the Science of Art to Academic Studies," have been brought together.

In Schelling's system, art is the culmination or completion point of the Absolute's self-expression. The productive intuition of art is the outward equivalent of philosophy's inward intuition: ultimately, Beauty and Truth are one.

"Art manifests itself at that most vivid moment of the spirit and emotions, which we call rapture."

"A new Raphael will never come; but another, with the same individual style, will reach the highest point in art."

Contents:

• On the Relation of the Plastic Arts to Nature (lecture)
• Selected section from System des transzendentalen Idealismus
• Fourteenth Lecture: On the Relation of the Science of Art to Academic Studies

A fundamental resource for understanding the relationship between the philosophy of art, aesthetics, and the philosophy of nature in German idealist philosophy.