On Art and Artists: An Anthology of Diderot's Aesthetic Thought
Chance ordained that Denis Diderot was not only a philosopher, playwright and writer, but also a salonnier. In other words, an art critic. In 1759, his friend Grimm entrusted him with a project that forced him to acquire “thoughtful notions concerning pai
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Denis Diderot†
On Art and Artists: An Anthology of Diderot’s Aesthetic Thought Edited by Jean Seznec† Translated by John S.D. Glaus
Denis Diderot† Editor Jean Seznec† Translator John S.D. Glaus Ombudsman of the Euler Society Washington, DC, USA [email protected]
Translation from the French language edition: Ecrits sur l’art et les artistes, by Denis Diderot (paper collection, introduction and notes by Jean Seznec; with contributions by Jean Starobinski, Michel Delon and Arthur Cohen) Copyright © Hermann, Paris 2007
ISBN 978-94-007-0061-1 e-ISBN 978-94-007-0062-8 DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-0062-8 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................
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Definitions......................................................................................................... Beauty................................................................................................................ Beauty Is the Perception of Relations........................................................... Beauty in Nature and Art.............................................................................. God and the Artist......................................................................................... Beautiful Nature and the Ideal Model........................................................... False Art........................................................................................................ Art and Pantomime....................................................................................... The Sublime.................................................................................................. Style.............................................................................................................. Genius and Inspiration....................................................................................... What Is Genius?............................................................................................ A Composed Genius..................................................................................... Inequalities of Inspiration............................................................................. The Drawing and the Finished Work............................................................ Views on Sculpture............................................................................................ Difficulties of
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