EXCERPTS FROM TEXTS TO BE EXAMINED IN DEPTH (in any good editions or online, or in books on reserve in the library):
W.Benjamin, The Work of Art in the Age if its Mechanical Reproduction
G. Careri, Flights of Love (Ch. II)
V. Chlebnikov, The Radio of the Future (online)
A. Danto, The Abuse of Beauty (Introduction)
De Strada, Disegni artificiali
M. Duchamp, The Creative Act (Online)
Florensky, Beyond Vision (pp. 201-207; 225-242)
L. Henderson, Duchamp in Context (pp. 223-236)
I. Kant, Critique of Judgement (Book I, §17-23)
Leonardo da Vinci, A New Art of Invention (from the Notebooks, ebook)
Lister et al. New Media. A Critical introduction (pp.115-136)
Marinetti, The Joy of Mechanical Force (from Manifesto of Futurism, pp. 1-6)
B. Newman, The Sublime is Now (online)
Alva Noe, Varieties of Presence (Ch.5)
E. Panofsky, Perspective as Symbolic Form (pp. 27-35; 67-72)
Plato, Republic X, Phaedrus
D. Quaranta, The Internet State of Mind: Art and the Internet
L. Shiner, The Invention of Art (pp.22-33; 90-93; 197-221; 251-255)
P. Virilio, The Accident of Art (pp. 78- 88)
REFERENCE TEXTS:
The Routledge Companion of Aesthetics (online)
EXCERPTS FROM FILMS AND VIDEOS:
Greenaway The Draughtsman's Contract (1983)
Maya Deren, Meshes of the Afternoon
A. Sokurov, Russian Ark/C.Marker, La Jétée/L. von Trier, 5 Obstructions
Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dalì, Un chien andalou
Salvador Dalì and Walt Disney, Destino
Excerpts from, Merce Cunningham and Pina Bausch
Glitch music (Autechre: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acuwRHIWL_o)
Theo Jansen, Animaris
Joseph Nachvatal, Computer virus project
Stelarc, The Body is Obsolete
Roberta Lapucci on Caravaggio
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjXYfpnp_IA)
D. Hockney, Secret Knowledge
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4XCmgAo_yg)
Bruce Nauman (Disappearing Acts)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkclGz3JOgc
WEEK 1
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Introduction
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Plato against art, Rep. X
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WEEK 2
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Plato on beauty and techne; Phaedrus; Ion
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Renaissance and classical beauty. Leonardo
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WEEK 3
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Reverse and geometric perspective; Florensky and Panofsky
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Hockney's hypothesis and Lapucci - Caravaggio and the camera obscura
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WEEK 4
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Baroque, Bernini and Careri
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Kant on aesthetic judgment
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WEEK 5
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Kant and beauty
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Kant and the sublime
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WEEK 6
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Duchamp and the avant-garde
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Malevich; Khlebnikov; Marinetti
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WEEK 6
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American avant-garde: Abstraction and Barnett Newman
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Reading Newman
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WEEK 7
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Pop art: Warhol and Danto
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Preparing the research paper
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WEEK 8
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Social background: Shiner and Henderson
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Review
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WEEK 9
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MID-TERM EXAM
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videos from Duchamp; Bunuel-Dalì; Artaud; Maya Deren
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WEEK 10
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Benjamin
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Reading Benjamin
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WEEK 11
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Alva Noe
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Reading Alva Noe
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WEEK 12
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Film: The Square
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Discussion about film
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WEEK 13
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Lister and the new Media
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Virilio and Quaranta
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WEEK 14
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Review
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Review
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FINAL EXAMINATION
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