The course aims to offer students an introduction to Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art conceived and theorized in Germany between the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century and to the debates that arose from it in the 20th and 21st centuries. The general educational objectives include: 1) learning methodological and theoretical models in the field of modern Aesthetics studies and possible contemporary re-readings; 2) in-depth knowledge of the sources and the ability to use them for the reconstruction, analysis and study of the History of Aesthetics (Western and Eastern) as well as the History of Art; 3) reading and critical analysis of philosophical texts, understanding technical language, recurring themes, key concepts and shared constellations of thought.
teacher profile teaching materials
Students will be encouraged to critically examine the topics presented in order to develop an independent capacity for analysis and sensitivity to the aesthetic issues of German Idealist philosophy.
By the end of the course, students will be able to consciously apply Hegelian philosophical-aesthetic terminology and utilize bibliographic resources to further explore the themes of Idealist aesthetics.
G.W.F. Hegel, Hegel: Lectures on the Philosophy of Art: The Hotho Transcript of the 1823 Berlin Lectures : Brown, Robert F. OUP 2014.
Achella, S., Jovićević, B., Iannelli, F., Caramelli, E. (2025). Against the “Law of the Father”. Hegel’s Disobedient Readings. Preface. Paderborn : Brill Fink (3 essays by choice)
P. Kottman, Love As Human Freedom, SUP, 2017.
Programme
This course aims to examine in detail the first Berlin course on aesthetics taught by G.W.F. Hegel during the winter semester of 1820–21, following the course he taught in Heidelberg in 1818. The course aims to provide students with the basic concepts of Hegelian aesthetics and an understanding of the most current debates regarding the “philological turn” of the 1990s in Germany.Students will be encouraged to critically examine the topics presented in order to develop an independent capacity for analysis and sensitivity to the aesthetic issues of German Idealist philosophy.
By the end of the course, students will be able to consciously apply Hegelian philosophical-aesthetic terminology and utilize bibliographic resources to further explore the themes of Idealist aesthetics.
Core Documentation
Only for Erasmus studentsG.W.F. Hegel, Hegel: Lectures on the Philosophy of Art: The Hotho Transcript of the 1823 Berlin Lectures : Brown, Robert F. OUP 2014.
Achella, S., Jovićević, B., Iannelli, F., Caramelli, E. (2025). Against the “Law of the Father”. Hegel’s Disobedient Readings. Preface. Paderborn : Brill Fink (3 essays by choice)
P. Kottman, Love As Human Freedom, SUP, 2017.
Attendance
Attendance is highly recommendedType of evaluation
The written test consists of 10 questions of different types, both "closed" (e.g. multiple choice questions, gapped text, etc.) and "open" (e.g. questions that require clarification of the genesis of a concept, the fundamental figures for the configuration of a new paradigm, the fundamental stages of the evolution of an aesthetic category, etc.). The following will be assessed: - the ability to summarize complex content in a few lines (in the case of open-ended answers) - the level of knowledge of the conceptual content of the texts examined (through open-ended questions and gapped text questions) - mastery in managing more specific information, for example indicating the evaluations of individual philosophical works or the production of specific artists, etc. (in the case of multiple choice answers) Students with disabilities and specific learning disabilities can now request accommodations for exams through the University’s new portal, accessible at the following link: https://www.uniroma3.it/roma-tre-inclusiva-studenti-con-disabilita-e-con-dsa/