The search for a definition of Art has been subject of a complex philosophical reflection incorporated; however, within different thematics because the very idea of Art is changeable as it relies on the culture and the tradition of a particular epoch. Etymologically, the word Aesthetics derives from the Greek àisthesis, which means perception by the senses. It used to refer as the study of the world of perceptions as the doctrine aimed to discover the complexity of perceptive knowledge. In ancient
INTRODUCTION Aestheticism, which found its footing in Europe in the early nineteenth century, proposed that art ‘need not serve moral, political, or otherwise didactic ends.’ Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde was a dramatic leader in promoting the movement near the end of the nineteenth century. The English essayist Walter Pater, an advocate of "art for art's sake," helped to form society’s aesthetics in which they was more concerned with the self, than with popular movements like Industrialism or Capitalism
Sarah Smith Philosophy 102 Dan Synnesvedt 18 September 2017 What is Philosophy? Philosophy is the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline(Webster.) The value theory or value system is the system that is used in order to determine how one determines the importance of things, ideas and people. Philosophy can be a hard term or subject to fully grasp, while in actuality the word directly translated from Greek is love
that surprising that an educated man, such as David Hume, would attempt to explain the human condition through experience, considering the fact that Hume lived during the Enlightenment period; a period during which science and reason dominated the world of thought. In his autobiography, My Own Life, the Scottish philosopher, takes notice of the fact that even women were able to partake in the Enlightenment. Hume acknowledges that his mother was an advocate of this new way of thought. After the
Marcuse on Alienation, Art and the Humanities (1) ABSTRACT: This paper discusses how higher education can help us in accomplishing our humanization. It looks at the critical educational theory of Herbert Marcuse, and examines his notion of the dis-alienating power of the aesthetic imagination. In his view, aesthetic education can become the foundation of a re-humanizing critical theory. I question the epistemological underpinnings of Marcuse's educational philosophy and suggest an alternative
religion or philosophy began in China and then spread to Korea and Japan. The core object of Zen is to understand the meaning of life. Many Japanese art forms were greatly influenced by the Zen philosophy including chado, ikebana, shodo and martial arts. These art forms were transformed into spiritual disciplines and they focused on self-growth. Zen Buddhism puts a lot of emphasis on simplicity and focuses on the importance of the natural world. Zen has generated a very distinctive aesthetic and is used
of readymade forms in the art world. Particularly, it focuses on two art movements that come to challenge the notion of art: found art and conceptual art. Both conceptual art and found art challenge the unity between form and content in art. Both seek the superiority of the one in opposition to the other, that is, form in found art and content in conceptual art. But could art survive merely as form or concept? According to Danto, the meaning of these works and their art identity does not depend on
to talk about an enlightened aesthetic, may seem unusual as the concept “enlightened” is usually identify with political regimes and scientific systems. But the truth is a return to the meaning of the concept of enlightenment and its aesthetic has never been so necessary for understanding the world that surrounds us as now. At a time in which "cultural marketing" and culture industries and their products are spreaded, it is inevitable to put back on scene the aesthetic reflection that accompanies
Annotated Bibliography Munro, T. (1969). Art and Violence. The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 27(3), 317-322. doi:10.2307/428677 This article from the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism describes the controversy surrounding violent art and the effect it has on people who view them. The author points out that skepticism of brutal art has gone back to the time of the ancient Greeks, so the debate surrounding violence in art is nothing new. However, he feels that it is futile to protest
Prashanta Chakravarty M.A. English (I Semester) 2nd November 2015 The Aesthetics of Kant and Hegel The theories of art put forward by Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) and G.W.F. Hegel (1770-1831) have long been seen to represent two rival positions which nonetheless arise from a distinctive tradition of German philosophy. In both cases, a concern with problems of art and beauty represents only one part of their respective philosophical systems. It is this larger, theoretical