Profound examination and critical reflection on the relevant topics of aesthetics in general and on Herder’s Plastik in particular.
The first part of the course deals with different relationships between mimesis and ratio focalizing on some of the fundamental passages in history (Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Rationalism, Empirism, Baumgarten). This will be followed by an analytical lecture of Herder’s Plastik, which is a milestone in theory and history of arts. The analysis will start with the principal categories of the tradition of figurative arts. Some of the most important concepts of Herder will be examined with the aim of individuating vital moments for the construction of a modern aesthetics, which might be able, at least partially, to give answers to the questions that characterize both the practice of arts and the reflection on it. In this sense the course will conclude by analyzing Picasso’s Guernica.
The exam consists in an oral discussion with the teacher.
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