PHIL2618 - Aesthetics and Art

Semester 1, 2013  |  Credit Points: 6

Coordinator: David Macarthur
Phone: +61 2 9351 3193
Email: david.macarthur@sydney.edu.au

Description

Why is art important to us? What is an aesthetic response to something? What is the relation between art and aesthetics? Is there such a thing as objective interpretation of an artwork? Or is it all a matter of taste? Should we believe in "the death of the author"? What is the relation between art and representation, expression and emotion? We shall discuss these and other questions (e.g. modernity, metaphor) from the perspective of an historical approach to the philosophical study of aesthetics and art.

Assessments

1x2500wd essay (50%) and 1x2000wd take-home exam (50%)

Classes

1x2-hr lecture/week and 1x1-hr tutorial/week

Prerequisites

12 Junior credit points in Philosophy.

Prohibitions

PHIL2518

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