Programme

During the course will compare in particular with the philosophical category of taste in eighteenth-century aesthetics (from Hume to Kant) to consider the artistic interpretations in cinema, literature (eg in futurism) and contemporary art, both Western and Oriental.

Core Documentation

David Hume, La regola del gusto, in D. Hume, La regola del gusto e altri saggi, a cura di G. Preti, Abscondita, Milano 2006, pp. 11-33.
- Immanuel Kant: Riflessioni sul Gusto. Centro Internazionale Studi di Estetica, n. 436 e 485 (p. 28), n. 744 (p. 41), n. 747 (p. 42), n. 767 (p. 43), n. 868 (p. 55), n. 1512 (pp. 74-76).
- Immanuel Kant: Critica della facoltà di giudizio, a cura di Emilio. Garroni e Hansmichael Hohenegger, Torino, Einaudi, 1999, pp. 46-55, §6-9.
-Cucina Futurista, Manifesti teorici, menu e documenti, a cura di G. A. Pantasso, Abscondita 2015, pp. 11-27.

Type of delivery of the course

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Type of evaluation

During the oral test will be evaluated: - the level of knowledge of the conceptual contents of the texts examined during the course - the mastery in handling more specific information, for example the technical language used by Kant or the original terms used by D. Richie to analyse Japanese aesthetics or the tea ceremony - the critical capacity and ability to identify links between different eras and cultures