Philosophy of Art
Code
711031070
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Filosofia
Credits
6
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
1. To understand the reality, essence and historicity of Art.
2. To understand the specificity of the philosophical reflection on Art.
3. To acquire basic understanding of the several elements involved in the artistic phenomenon.
4. To acquire the capacity to question and discuss what \\"artistic value\\" means or is about
Prerequisites
Not applicable
Subject matter
The meaning of: to make oneself a work of art
The text of Foucault. The nature of an work of art. Kant, interest and desinterestedness. The work of art and the \"art for the art´s sake\": the meaning (or the meanings) of the sentence (Wilde, Whistler, Swinburne, Pater, etc.). \"Art is art and everything else is everything else\" (Ad Reinhardt). The aesthetic point of view: the net of De Chirico, moments of being (the various versions of) and the impossible melancholy as a point of view. Existential aesthetics: the identity of form and matter (Hegel); style (Goethe), and the seducer´s diary (Kierkegaard). The source of the misunderstanding: the transition to another medium.
Bibliography
BAUDELAIRE, L´Art Romantique, Paris, Flammarion, 1999.
DE CHIRICO, G., Scritti, Milano, Bompiani, 2008
FOUCAULT, M., Dits et Écrits, T. 2, Paris, Gallimard, 2001
HEGEL, Estética
KANT, Critica da faculdade de Julgar
KIERKEGAARD, Enten-Eller, t. 1
PATER, W., Studies in the History of Rennaissance, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2002.
PRETTEJOHN, Art for Art´s Sake, Yale, Paul Mellon Centre, 2007
REINHARDT, A., Art as Art. The Selected Writings of Ad Reinhardt, The Vicking Press, 1975.
WILDE, O., Collected Works, London, Collins, 2003.
Teaching method
Course of theoretical-practical character. The methodology used combines a theoretical examination of questions and the interpretation of texts.
In class teaching
Evaluation method
test (2/3) and a written essay (1/3)