Art of the Modern Age: Philosophy of Art from Kant to Heidegger

Jean-Marie Schaeffer presents a wide-ranging work of aesthetic theory. Its main target is the way art was theorised from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century, which the book examines in a sharp, critical way.

The author examines thinkers including Kant, Hegel and Heidegger, and shows how their ideas shaped the period's thinking about art. The book then argues for a new and more flexible approach to the subject.

Edition note: published by Princeton University Press. ISBN-13 9780691144368.