Art writing was dominated by theories of beauty because of a desire to justify art as moral, virtuous. Picturesque and Romantic theories challenge this in the 19th century by celebrating the ancient works of tyrants, but also their ruination.
On the prejudice of aesthetics for classical art, and the limited aesthetic categories that result. Why should we limit ourselves to the experience of beauty as the measure of art? Worringer:pic.twitter.com/OYuegEJ6t1
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Felix Kreutzer- Ruins of a Gothic Cathedral (19th c). Kreutzer even used 'Claude Glasses', a black tinted mirror, to see his scenes in darker, gothic tones.pic.twitter.com/bhoF0vWG2k
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a rather Horace Walpole effect
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