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- Title
The Ancient and Modern System of the Arts.
- Authors
Young, James O.
- Abstract
Paul Oskar Kristeller famously argued that the modern 'system of the arts' did not emerge until the mid-eighteenth century, in the work of Charles Batteux. On this view, the modern conception of the fine arts had no parallel in the ancient world, the middle-ages or the modern period prior to Batteux. This paper argues that Kristeller was wrong. The ancient conception of the imitative arts completely overlaps with Batteux's fine arts: poetry, painting, music, sculpture, and dance. Writers from the sixteenth century on adopted the ancient conception of the imitative arts and anticipated the views of Batteux by 200 years. Batteux simply popularized the rubric 'fine arts'.
- Subjects
KRISTELLER, Paul Oskar, 1905-1999; HISTORIOGRAPHY of art; BATTEUX, Charles, 1713-1780; HISTORY of the arts; MODERN art; PLATO, 428-347 B.C.; HISTORY of aesthetics; ANCIENT aesthetics; IMITATION in art; HISTORY
- Publication
British Journal of Aesthetics, 2015, Vol 55, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0007-0904
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/aesthj/ayu097