The History of Philosophical Ideas and Their Expression in Art

It seems to me that there is something Mysterious about Art. The History of Art is closely connected with Philosophical Ideas of the time. In this book we are going to scrutinize the way in which Philosophical Ideas have been expressed in Art from Antiquity to the Present Day. We are going to visit a lot of cities - Rome, Florence, Munich, Barcelona, Berlin, Riga, Tallin, Prague, Helsinki, Stokholm, Saint Petersburg... That is to say, we are going to Travel throughout the Whole History of Humanity and I hope that at the end of our Journey we will know more not only about Art, but also about ourselves.

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To my dear parents “Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita mi ritrovai per una selva oscura che’ la diritta via era smarrita” (Dante. “La Divina Commedia”). 1 “Puesto nombre, y tan a su gusto, a su caballo, quiso pon'ersele a s'i mismo, y en este pensamiento dur'o otros ocho d'ias, y al cabo se vino a llamar “ don Quijote” ; de donde, como queda dicho, tomaron ocasi'on los autores desta tan verdadera historia que, sin duda, se deb'ia de llamar “Quijada”, y no “Quesada”, como otros quisieron decir” . (Miguel de Cervantes. “El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha”). 2 1 “Midway upon the journey of our life / I found myself within a forest dark, / for the straightforward pathway ...