ARTH 2480 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Damien Hirst, Leon Golub, Andres Serrano
14 May 2019
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Introduced during the 18th century, aesthetic has come to mean a kind of object, judgment, attitude, experience, or value. The scottish philosopher david hume defined taste as a "refined ability to see quality in artwork" John dewey wrote that "artists must strive for novelty in response to the market" Goya commemorated the gruesome uprising of spaniards against french. He showed french sympathies in the past but was affected by the massacre of his countrymen. Christian iconography and portrayal of man"s inhumanity to man. The central figure takes place of crucified christ, his hand shows a stigmata, and he is sacrificing himself for the good of his nation. The lantern is the only source of light and bathes him in spiritual light. Called the world"s first modern painting and one of the great paintings of all time. "art critics can criticize all art as they evaluate on appearance" Plato"s phaedo most fully realizes the "theory of forms" vs. aristotle"s poetics.
