Hegel/architecture

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...part of his metaphysics. He thoroughly rejected the Kantian notion of aesthetics, which reduces the appreciation of art to the sidelines of mainstream human history. Rather, Hegel saw art as being central to the experience of being human. For Hegel, experience without art was nothing short of "barbaric" (Kaminsky, 1962, p. 29). In his dissertations on art, Hegel's structured historical consciousness perceived architecture to be the basic, essential symbolic art form. That being the case, Hegel traced the development of architecture as it paralleled the spiritual development of humanity, finding an integral relationship between the two. An examination of Hegel's discourse substantiates this interpretation of his position.
However, before addressing how Hegel perceived the role of architecture in his overall aesthetic, it is first helpful to understand his basic position toward art. Hegel formulated a central concept that he referred to as "the Idea," which he saw as a force that permeates all living beings and causes them to evolve spiritually as well as physically (Kaminsky, 1962). As this...

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