Aesthetics (m) (2011/2012)

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Course code
4S02296
Name of lecturer
Markus Georg Ophaelders
Coordinator
Markus Georg Ophaelders
Number of ECTS credits allocated
6
Academic sector
M-FIL/04 - AESTHETICS
Language of instruction
Italian
Location
VERONA
Period
I semestre dal Oct 3, 2011 al Jan 27, 2012.

Lesson timetable

Learning outcomes

Profound examination and critical reflection on the relevant topics of aesthetics in general and on Herder’s Plastik in particular.

Syllabus

Title:
«What is beauty? Ask a blind man». Body, image and logical thought in western aesthetics and in Herder’s Plastik

Contents: 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.

Didactical Methods: The is structured prevalently by frontal lessons and lectures from the texts; the major themes will be items for a discussion.

Assessment methods and criteria

The exam consist in an oral discussion with the teacher.

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