Aesthetics, Hettinger, SP 2013

Aesthetics
Philosophy 280, Ned Hettinger, Spring 2013

	Syllabus Schedule of Assignments Critical Question Schedule About Critical Questions Explanation of quiz scores Explanation of midterm exam scores Paper Assignmnet and Some Possible Topics Suggestions for Writing Your Philosophy Paper Course Evaluation Instructions Explanation of final quiz scores	Why Major in Philosophy? GRE scores by Major Discussion of above Philosophy a Practical Major? About our Philosophy Major Fall Philosophy Courses CofC Aesthetics Work Group
Date	Reading assignment	Class Notes	Miscellaneous
Final exam Final Exam Study Questions Mon, Apr 29, 12-3, in classroom
Wed, Apr 24	Noel Carroll, “On Being Moved by Nature: Between Religion and Natural History,” Arguing, pp. 172-191	Carroll on Being Moved by Nature
Mon, Apr 22	AESTHETICS OF NATURE Allen Carlson, “Aesthetic Appreciation of the Natural Environment,” Arguing, pp. 157-171	Carlson on Nature Aes	Three Dimensional Painting ("Trompe-l'œil") example Aes of Disgust Rubens, Saturn Devouring His Son Sushi, anyone?
Wed, Apr 17	VALUE AND ART Goldfish Blending Art? Is Starving a Dog Art? “Artist Leaves Dog To Die on Exhibition Display” (Snopes Discussion) finish reading Davies Ch 8
Monday, Apr 15	Davies, Ch 8: The Value of Art, pp. 199-231 Video: Riefenstahl’s Triumph of the Will	Davies, Value of Art
PAPER DUE: Thursday, April 11, 4pm, Paper copy to 14 Glebe Mailbox*			*Sustainability Week, Apr 8-12* Flier On Paradox of Fiction
Wed, Apr 10	Kendall Walton, “Morals in Fiction and Fictional Morality”	Walton on Morality in Fiction	Young Contemporaries Exhibit
Mon, Apr 8	ENVIRONMENTAL ART Glen Parsons, “Art in Nature” Video: Andy Goldsworthy, “Rivers and Tides” (recommend you watch a few minutes)	Parsons on Env Art	CofC Env Artist Herb Parker Allen Carlson's "Is Environmental Art an Aesthetic Affront to Nature? Hettinger powerpoint on above About Andy Goldsworthy
Wed, Apr 3	REPRESENTATION AND ART Davies, Ch. 7: Pictorial Representation and the Visual Arts, pp. 167-195	Davies on Pictorial Representation
Mon, Apr 1	EMOTION AND ART Continue Davies Ch 6
Wed, Mar 27	Davies, Ch 6: Expression and Emotional Responses, pp. 135-166	Davies on Expression & Emotion	PBS "Flashpoints" (on controversial art, excellent site)
Mon, Mar 25	Berys Gaut, “The Paradox of Horror,” Arguing, pp. 317-329	Gaut on Horror
Friday, Mar 22: Paper proposal due
Wed, Mar 20	Alex Neill, “Fiction and the Emotions,” Arguing, pp. 272-288	Neill, Fiction and Emotions	On Paradox of Fiction
Mon, Mar 18	MEANING, INTENTION, & INTERPRETATION Davies, Ch 5: Interpretation, pp. 109-134	Davies, Ch 5 Interpretation Table
Wed, Mar 13 NOTE: We are back in Maybank 206 today	THE ONTOLOGY OF ART Same as for last class: Davies, Ch. 4: Varieties of Art, pp. 81-108		Are Animals Persons? (Philosophy talk) Thursday, March 14, 3:15, Library 227
Mon, Mar 11	Davies, Ch. 4: Varieties of Art, pp. 81-108	Davies, Ch 4
Web, Feb 27: MIDTERM EXAM	Midterm exam study questions
Mon, Feb 25	ROCK VERSUS CLASSICAL MUSIC Stephen Davies, “Rock versus Classical Music”	Davies on Rock versus Classical	Good website for information about music Articles on Rock Music for papers
Wed, Feb 20	Bruce Baugh, “Prolegomena to Any Aesthetics of Rock Music”	Baugh, on Aes of Rock Music
Mon, Feb 18	Roger Scruton, “The Decline of Musical Culture,” Arguing, pp. 121-136 Also watch first three minutes of Roger Scruton on "Why Beauty Matters"	Scruton on Decline of Musical Culture	Subjectivity versus Objectivity in Aes Ducasse, "Tastes Cannot Be Disputed" Beardsley, "Tastes Can Be Disputed"
Wed, Feb 13	WHAT IS AESTHETIC APPRECIATION? When Life Gets in the Way of Art Davies, Ch 3 (again)		Free Quiz Opportunity Panel on "Narrative, Ethics, and the Lives of Animals"
Mon, Feb 11	Davies, Ch. 3: Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art, pp. 52-80	Davies, Ch 3
	PUBLIC ART AND CENSORSHIP		AWG readings on Performance Art 1 2
Wed, Feb 6	Peter Levine, “Sensation: Lessons from the Brooklyn Museum Controversy” “Quebec Artist Not guilty of Corrupting Morals”	Levine on Public Deliberation about Art Funding	Censorship Politics, Censorship, and the Arts Arthur Danto, "The Vietnam Veteran's Memorial"
Mon, Feb 4	Michael Kelly, “Public Art Controversy: The Serra and Lin cases,” Arguing, pp. 427-439	Kelly on TA and VVM	Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision (video)
Wed, Jan 30	Various contributors, “Transcript of a Hearing to Decide the Future of Tilted Arc,” Arguing, pp. 399-405 Gregg Horowitz, “Public Art /Public Spaces: Spectacle of the Tilted Arc Controversy,” Arguing, 416-426	Hearings on Tilted Arc Horowitz on Tilted Arc Public Art, Subsidies, Censorship	Public Art comic Dave Barry, "Does Public Art Make Sense?" (humor) Carroll, Can Government Funding of Art Be Justified?
Mon, Jan 28	WHAT IS ART? “Is it Art or Just a Toilet Seat?”	Table of Art Definitions	Oversight of Art Market Needed?
Wed, Jan 23	Davies, Ch. 2: Defining Art, pp. 26-51	Davies, Defining Art	Duchamp's In Advance of a Broken Arm (1915) Emin's My Bed (1999) $1.1 million sculpture damaged by cleaning woman in German museum Angela Ellesworth's Urine Soaked Cocktail Dress Scruton, Why Beauty Matters
Wed, Jan 16	Elizabeth Telfer, “Food as Art,” Arguing About Art (hereafter “Arguing”), pp. 11-29	Telfer, Food as Art	How Food Replaced Art As High Culture Bower Bird
Mon, Jan 14	ORIGINS OF ART Stephen Davies, The Philosophy of Art (hereafter “Davies”), Ch. 1: Evolution and Culture, pp. 1-25	Davies, Ch 1	About Stephen Davies Should museums return stolen artworks? Greece Urges Return of Sculptures The Fine Art of Returning Art
Wed, Jan 9	Introduction		Duchamp's Urinal Tops Art Survey Pearls Before Breakfast (video and text) for a short synopsis























			Censorship Politics, Censorship, and the Arts Sensation: Lessons from the Brooklyn Museum Controversy “Quebec Artist Not guilty of Corrupting Morals” Arthur Danto, "The Vietnam Veteran's Memorial"

			Goldfish Blending Art?

			When Life Gets in the Way of Art (Should an artist's behavior influence judgment about her/his art?)


			When Art Becomes Inhuman
			$1.1 million sculpture damaged by cleaning woman in German museum
			When All Else Fails, Paint Their Faces on Potholes

**NOTE CHANGE OF CLASS ROOM T0: Robert Scott Small, Room 137. This is the building right across the walkway (“Cougar Mall”) from Maybank. The easiest door to use is the one on the back of the building across from Student Health.			Angela Ellesworth's Urine Soaked Cocktail Dress Aesthetics of Smelly Art
			Valuing Disgust