The word 'Aesthetic' comes from a Greek verb which means 'to sense'. This unit will explore the ways art works use sensible forms to generate meaningful experiences of general significance. We will examine a selection of treatments of the claim that art works connect modes of sensation with privileged experiences of meaning. We will examine Hegel on Dutch painting, Deleuze on Francis Bacon, Merleau-Ponty on Cezanne and Lyotard on Newman. Finally, we will cover critical treatments of the claim to privileged experience of meaning in art works in relation to two themes: the constitution of the idea of art in philosophy; and the constitution of the idea of different 'mediums' of art. -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Alison Ross
Prerequisites: Any first year sequence in Philosophy, Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, Communications (Berwick, Caulfield or Clayton campus), English, Drama and Theatre Studies or Film and Television Studies in the Faculty of Arts. Or any first year sequence
