This treatise on aesthetics begins by showing that the word "art" is used as a name not only for "art proper" but also for certain things which are "art falsely so called." These are craft or skill, magic, and amusement, each of which, by confusion with art proper, generates a false aesthetic theory. In the course of attacking these theories the author criticizes various psychological theories of art, offers a new theory of magic, and reinterprets Plato's so-called "attack on art," showing that it has been entirely misunderstood. Finally, he draws important inferences concerning the position...
This treatise on aesthetics begins by showing that the word "art" is used as a name not only for "art proper" but also for certain things which are "a...
This early work by Robin G. Collingwood was originally published in 1924 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Speculum Mentis is an academic work on the subject of philosophy. Robin George Collingwood was born on 22nd February 1889, in Cartmel, England. He was the son of author, artist, and academic, W. G. Collingwood. He was greatly influenced by the Italian Idealists Croce, Gentile, and Guido de Ruggiero. Another important influence was his father, a professor of fine art and a student of Ruskin. He published many works of philosophy, such as Speculum...
This early work by Robin G. Collingwood was originally published in 1924 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Specu...