Art and Experience
Code
722031033
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Filosofia
Credits
10
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To acquire an understanding of the specificity of Aesthetics and its problems and its relation to the philosophy of art.
b) The acquire a clear understanding of the notion of “aesthetic experience” on the basis of the meaning the concepts of “experience” and “aesthetic experience” have acquired in the history of philosophy.
c) To acquire the capacity to problematize the meaning and significance of this notion for the interpretation of contemporary art.
Prerequisites
None
Subject matter
The central notion of the seminar is the notion of “aesthetic experience”, which is considered from the perspective of both the creation and the reception of works of art. That notion, which was once of paramount importance for Aesthetics, has become problematic, especially since the second half of the twentieth-century and the avant-guardes of late modernism (Pop Art and Conceptual Art). Indeed, the very notion of “contemporary art” has made “aesthetic experience” problematic.
Bibliography
- Dewey, J. (1980) [1934]. Art as Experience. New York: Perigee Books.
-Kant, I. (1998) [1790]. Crítica da Faculdade do Juízo, trad. A. Marques & V. Rohden. Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional.
- Jimenez, M. (2005). La Querelle de l’art contemporain, Paris: Folio-Essais/ Gallimard.
- Mèredieu, F. (2008). Histoire matérielle et immatérielle de l’art moderne & contemporain. Paris: Larousse.
- Rousseau, J.-J. (1972). Les Rêveries du promeneur solitaire. Paris: Gallimard.
- Shusterman, R. (1997). The End of Aesthetic Experience. The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism Vol. 55, Nº 1, 29-41.
- Shusterman, R., & Tomlin, A. (Eds.) (2008). Aesthetic Experience. New York: Routledge.
Teaching method
(a) most classes are dialogued lectures, (b) several of them work as a \"seminar\" (with reading, commentary, and analyses of texts), (c) other classes (so-called \"practical\" classes) consist in critical discussions — with the students — of previously presented themes and problems.
Evaluation method
(d) students are evaluated by a mandatory 12 pages essay; (e) students are also evaluated by an oral presentation of their essay; (f) a positive participation in the classes is valued.