Hegel

Echoing Plato, Hegel views art as one way to attain "full understanding" of the Idea (Spirit). For Hegel, art seems to be spiritual; it is more than a bodily or material sensation. Given this, he views philosophy as a way to attain harmony via art.

He seems to value "human made" things over nature; at times he seems to value unity, as he asserts that the Idea/Spirit pervades all we do. Like his contemporaries, Hegel seems to value freedom, though I am not sure exactly how his freedom aligns with others. But, like Plato, Hegel values truth and harmony: we can only achieve "free rationality" when we find our "true self', which comes from "aligning ourselves with the spirit." Given the historical context, it would seem that Hegel views his contribution as the dialectic, which I understand as the relationship between a self and an other. Because of this, Hegel seems to be supplanting Kant, Baumgarten, etc by placing the body and world in constant negotiation. We are free of this dialectic when we can see how our "spirit" permeates; it comes from the recognition of art outside of us. This recognition can only happen when an object is put before us.

Would Hegel view favorably "art for art's sake"? I ask because it seems that, for him, we make art to commune with, or access, the Spirit within us. Can we, then, just "enjoy" art?

Can we learn do appreciate art or train ourselves in the Kantian sense? In other words, how does one learn to recognize himself in art?

How is Hegel's version of the sublime different than Kant's and others'?