[εις επαινον δοξης αυτου] 9/19/2006 05:26:47 PM

Seerveld makes the interesting point that though the ideal of the sublime would lead to the problematic romantic cult of the genius and of originality, yet it accomplished something quite positive as well. The move was a sort of transcendental critique against a very limited classical view of beauty, one which had narrowed aesthetic ideals to Plato’s harmony. With this new ‘‘beauty-sensitivity’’ one could question the propriety of reducing beauty to harmony. In fact, there had been a confusion of spheres, because harmony is closer to mathematics than to aesthetics, in Seerveld’s judgment.

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Posted by Matthew LaPine to εις επαινον δοξης αυτου at 9/19/2006 05:26:47 PM