ABSTRACT
The Kantian and Hegelian traditions—in their different ways— each held historical factors as partially constitutive of artistic meaning; while the great tradition of German art history from Riegl to the early Panofsky posited that art-historical change centered on issues of aesthetic transformation. The reciprocal dependence of art-historical and aesthetic significance was acknowledged in the seminar by both adherents of both schools, even if it was not fully understood.
