Course Details
Country:
Turkey
Institution:
Sabanci University
Course Title:
Philosophy of Art
Course Number:
PHIL 322
Course Description:
In this course, we will be examining philosophical questions about the nature and purpose of art, focusing on the relationship between beauty, art, and the artificial. Drawing mainly on Roger Scruton's Beauty (2009) and J.F. Martel's Art in the Age of Artifice (2015), we will not only explore how beauty has been understood in the artistic and philosophical tradition, but also discuss how and why modern forms of artifice (among them, these objects and images that comprise the bulk of our visual culture) have transformed the role of art within contemporary society. As such, the course will take a programmatic take on modern and contemporary art, taking Scruton and Martel as its guides. Questioning the apparent disappearance of all higher values such as beauty from (Scruton) and criticizing the dominance of artificiality in (Martel) the spheres of modern and contemporary art, the course aims to make a case for an
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
PHIL 356
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