Art, Artworld and End of Art: an introduction
The course aims to provide a basic understanding of the main categories of Aesthetics (from the beautiful to the ugly, from the kitsch to the sublime) and of some key ideas of the Philosophy of Art.
The course aims to provide a basic understanding of the main categories of Aesthetics (from the beautiful to the ugly, from the kitsch to the sublime) and of some key ideas of the Philosophy of Art.
teacher profile teaching materials
"What Art is" (2013). Particular attention will be paid to Duchamp's work and to the growing presence of reality in the artworld both in the reading provided by Danto and by the Italian artist Gianfranco Baruchello.
By choice:
A. C. Danto: “The End of Art,” in The Death of Art, ed. Berel Lang, New York: Haven Publishing, 1984.
and
A. C. Danto: "The. Philosophical Disenfranchisement of Art," Columbia University Press, New York, 1986.
or:
A. C. Danto: What Art Is, Yale University Press, 2013 (With the exception of Chapter 2 and 3).
By choice:
G. Baruchello / H. Martin: Why Duchamp, An Essay on Aesthetic Impact, 1985.
or
G. Baruchello / H. Martin: How to Imagine: A Narrative on Art and Agriculture, 1983
Mutuazione: 20704096 ESTETICA in Scienze della Comunicazione L-20 N0 IANNELLI FRANCESCA
Programme
The course aims to offer an overview of the main aesthetic categories - from Beauty to Kitsch, and beyond - to evaluate their relevance in contemporary art practices. In addition to this, the conception of "end of art" elaborated by A. C. Danto will be analyzed as well as his interpretation of the relationship art / philosophy, from some essays of the eighties to the final book"What Art is" (2013). Particular attention will be paid to Duchamp's work and to the growing presence of reality in the artworld both in the reading provided by Danto and by the Italian artist Gianfranco Baruchello.
Core Documentation
F. Iannelli: Dissonanze contemporanee. Arte e vita in un tempo inconciliato. Quodlibet 2010 (till p. 206).By choice:
A. C. Danto: “The End of Art,” in The Death of Art, ed. Berel Lang, New York: Haven Publishing, 1984.
and
A. C. Danto: "The. Philosophical Disenfranchisement of Art," Columbia University Press, New York, 1986.
or:
A. C. Danto: What Art Is, Yale University Press, 2013 (With the exception of Chapter 2 and 3).
By choice:
G. Baruchello / H. Martin: Why Duchamp, An Essay on Aesthetic Impact, 1985.
or
G. Baruchello / H. Martin: How to Imagine: A Narrative on Art and Agriculture, 1983
Type of delivery of the course
The course includes frontal lessons accompanied by a didactic visit in April and a meeting with artists (specifically, it is intended to invite the Italian artist Gianfranco Baruchello and the art historian Carla Subrizi)Type of evaluation
The written test consists of 15 questions of different types, both "closed" (e.g. multiple-choice questions, cloze text, etc.) and "open" (e.g. questions requiring the insertion of a definition or the genesis of a concept, the fundamental stages of the evolution of an aesthetic category, etc.). It will be evaluated: - the ability to summarise complex content in a few lines (in the case of open questions) - the level of knowledge of the conceptual contents of the texts examined (through open-ended questions and through questions with a hole in the text) - the mastery in managing more specific information (recognising the author of individual works of art or the production of specific artists, etc.). (in the case of multiple choice questions)