Overview

This topic focuses on issues surrounding aesthetic value, ranging freely over visual art, music, literature, film and the aesthetic appreciation of nature. We will examine specific aesthetic values such as the beautiful, the sublime, the comic, and the tragic We will then consider issues such as the definition of art, … For more content click the Read More button below.

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Aims

This topic aims to:

  • Introduce students to key issues and theories in contemporary aesthetics and the philosophy of art
  • Provide students with sufficient historical and theoretical background that they can read and appraise the arguments of works in aesthetics for themselves
  • Enable students to reflect philosophically on their own creative and appreciative art activities
  • Improve students' critical thinking and communication skills generally

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