Materia frumosului în estetica lui Wincklemann

Winckelmann’s aesthetics, derived from his analysis of Greek sculpture, is marked by a paradox: on one hand, Greek art dematerializes existence; on the other, it expresses a perceptual plenitude of matter. This study explores this paradox, proposing that the Greek artist attains the pure idea not by abandoning matter but by elevating it to an ideal substance. Building on this, the article examines Winckelmann’s definition of beauty as indeterminacy.