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It is a mistake to suppose, with some philosophers of aesthetics, that art and poetry aim to deal with the general and the abstract. This misconception has been foisted upon us by mediaeval logic. Art and poetry deal with the concrete of nature, not with separate 'particulars,' for such rows do not exist.

Ernest Fenollosa

Ernest Fenollosa

Ernest Fenollosa

Born: February 18, 1853

Died: September 21, 1908 (aged 55)

Bio: Ernest Francisco Fenollosa was an American art historian of Japanese art, professor of philosophy and political economy at Tokyo Imperial University.

Known for:

Epochs of Chinese and Japanese Art (1907)
The Classic Noh Theatre of Japan
Instigations

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