“An art aims, above all, at producing something beautiful which affects not our feelings but the organ of pure contemplation, our imagination.”
Quote by Eduard Hanslick
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Eduard Hanslick
Eduard Hanslick, born on September 11, 1825, and died on August 6, 1904, was an influential Austrian music critic and music theorist in the 19th century. Known as one of the founders of music criticism, Hanslick made profound insights into the aesthetics of music and music criticism, which had a lasting impact on music criticism in the later generations. more
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Source: Picasso, Braque, Léger: masterpieces from Swiss collections