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Here you will post entries to reflect your thoughts on the philosophy of art, and to respond to the thoughts and provocations of your peers.

Sourced from the IAEA (International Association of Empirical Aesthetics)
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    Blog Entry Four

    November 14, 2019 by

    For this assignment, you are required to find and view the HBO Documentary, The Price of Everything (Kahn, 2018). It is available for a nominal fee on Amazon Prime. Once you have viewed the film, return to John Berger’s Ways of Seeing and: 1) identify what you take to be the primary way in which… Read more

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    Blog Entry Three

    October 29, 2019 by

    Having worked our way through the first half of Kant’s Critique of Judgment, we are poised to understand what, for Kant, constitutes a judgment of the beautiful. Focusing in on one key element of your choosing, select an image of art*** – it can be a painting, a sculpture, an installation, a film still, a… Read more

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    Blog Entry Two, Prompt:

    September 27, 2019 by

    In our most recent sessions we have begun to explore the modern core of the aesthetic tradition in the eighteenth century theorist, David Hume, will soon turn to his famous successor Immanuel Kant. Given their historical context, they share in common the concern for a standard or set of criteria by which to judge the… Read more

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    So It Begins…

    September 3, 2019 by

    Space is the breath of art. — Frank Lloyd Wright. Welcome aboard.  This is the space for members of our class to post entries on a variety of topics pertaining to the Philosophy of Art, broadly construed, and to comment on one another’s posts.  We hope to provoke thought, generate a lively conversation, and to… Read more

  • Blog #4: Significance of Art Throughout Time

    November 28, 2019 by

    I suppose that we can find in agreement that art has a tight significance to represent the past, present, and future. In Berger’s text he goes into detail on how art is something that signifies more of History and with images, it should have that hold of beauty. Since Berger was fighting for the original… Read more

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