Title: Goethe on art /
Authors: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832; Gage, John; Gage, John, 1938-2012
Publisher: University of California Press,
Year: 1980
Subjects: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, Aesthetics.; Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, Knowledge Art.
Contents: I. General aesthetics : Introduction to the Propylaen (1798) ; Commentary on Falconet -- Aus Goethes Brieftasche, 1776 ; Simple imitation of nature, manner, style -- Der Teutsche Merkur, February 1798 ; On truth and probability in works of art -- Propylaen I, i, 1798 ; The collector and his circle -- Propylaen II, ii, 1799 ; Natural symbolism -- Goethe to J. D. Falk, 14 June 1809 ; Drawings -- Goethe to Eckermann, 5 July 1827 -- II. Classical art : The Laocoon -- Goethe to C. T. Langer, 30 November 1769 ; Observations on the Laocoon -- Propylaen I, i, 1798 ; The Elgin Marbles -- Italian Journey, report, August 1787 ; Draft of a letter to Wilhelm von Humboldt, 16 September 1799 ; Goethe to Duke Karl August of Weimar, 23 May 1817 ; Goethe to Sartorius, 20 July 1817 ; Goethe to Heinrich Meyer, 28/29 October 1817 ; Diary and Yearbook 1818 ; Goethe to B. R. Haydon, 16 February 1819 ; The relief from Phigalia -- Goethe to Louise Seidler, February 1818 ; The temple of Minerva at Assisi -- Italian Journey, 26 October 1786