Ideas from 'Croce and Collingwood' by Gary Kemp [2012], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Key Thinkers in Aesthetics' (ed/tr Giovannelli,Alessandro) [Continuum 2012,978-1-4411-8777-2]].

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21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 1. Aesthetics
By 1790 aestheticians were mainly trying to explain individual artistic genius
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 4. Art as Expression
Expression can be either necessary for art, or sufficient for art (or even both)
We don't already know what to express, and then seek means of expressing it
The horror expressed in some works of art could equallly be expressed by other means