Hegel, moderniste? Remarks on Robert Pippin's After the Beautiful.

The article presents criticism on the book "After the Beautiful: Hegel and the Philosophy of Pictorial Modernism," written by Robert B. Pippin. Particular focus is given to how the book focuses upon the work of the German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and what his views might be on Modernism in art. Additional topics discussed include the work of the artist Édouard Manet, the history of the development of Modern aesthetics in art and the work of the artist and painter Paul Cézanne.