To Extinguishing Any Trace of Natural Beauty: A Defence of Hegel Against Adorno

DAVID GOULD, School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies, University of Leeds fh16dg@leeds.ac.uk ‘Reflection on natural beauty is irrevocably requisite to the theory of art.’[1] Nature is very often considered to be that which has not been modified through human activity. By extension, natural beauty emanates from the unblemished corners and cracks of the world. This image, …