Hegel's Lectures on Aesthetics demonstrate that the philosophy of art requires a prior conceptual framework—the dialectic of Spirit—to determine which examples are even aesthetically relevant.

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Aesthetically relevant(as what the conceptual framework determines): Worth considering or important when discussing art and beauty—basically, whether something actually matters when we're thinking about what counts as art.
Conceptual framework(the overall structure being discussed): A system of basic ideas and assumptions that we use to organize and understand something.
Hegel(as the main philosopher referenced in this statement): Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was a German philosopher (1770-1831) who argued that reality and human thought develop through a process of contradiction and resolution, constantly evolving toward greater understanding.
Lectures on Aesthetics(as Hegel's famous work on art): A collection of Hegel's teaching notes about philosophy of art—specifically, his ideas about what makes art meaningful and how we should understand it.

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