[Gemütsanlage](ingenium) through which nature gives the rule to art.'1 It is not immediately
obvious how one should interpret cryptic remarks of this sort. It is clear that Kant is making a …

In his Critique of the Power of Judgement, Kant explicates the creation of works of fine art
(schöne Kunst) in terms of aesthetic ideas. His analysis of aesthetic ideas claims that they …

To say that a work of fine art is beautiful because it has been produced by a genius
introduces a determinate concept precluding a judgment of the work's beauty by way of a …

In the Anthropology, Kant wonders whether the genius or the individual possessing
perfected judgment has contributed more to the advance of culture. In the KU, Kant answers …

The notion of aesthetic ideas is of great importance to Kant's thinking about art. Despite its
importance, he says little about it. He characterizes aesthetic ideas as representations of the …

The paper distinguishes between two different senses of 'genius' found in Kant's Critique of
Judgement, and criticizes an argument commonly attributed to Kant. The argument is in …

Can Kant's theory of fine art serve as a theory of modern art? It all depends on what
'modern'means. The word can mean current or contemporary, indexed to the time of use …

Abstract Readers of Kant's Critique of Judgment (1790) have understandably been stumped
trying to decipher Kant's views on the relation between beauty and art. 1 At § 43 Kant ends …

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and the Editors of Angelaki DOI: 10.1080/0969725002003475 1 genesis in kant between …

Recently a friend, when queried about Kant's theory of art, replied:" the epitome of art for
Kant is a formal landscape garden with hedges all neatly and almost unnoticeably shaped …