LUIZ HENRIQUE COUTO MARTINS

Due to the fragmentary nature of the Lectures on Aesthetics delivered by Hegel between 1821 and 1828/29 in Berlin, this study proposes a review of Hegel's discourse on the art of painting. The primary goal is to reconstruct the unofficial versions of the courses taught in 1821, 1823, 1826, and 1828/29, in order to outline a critical perspective that allows for questioning and enriching the analysis of the definitive version published by Hotho in 1842. Paired with an effort to recover the historiographical context of Hegel’s cultural environment, exploring his letters and biographies to develop a theoretical framework concerning the paintings observed by the philosopher in renowned collections, such as those of the Boisserée brothers, Reimer, Wallraf, and Lyversberg. This investigation will enable an assessment of the relevance of the concept of self-determination of the intimate subjectivity for romantic art, particularly in relation to the discussion of the end of art’s theory, which is especially evident in the the reduction of spatial totality and the subjectivization of color, central elements of painting in Hegel's discourse.