RI KI Aesthetics Intro 2024
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Knowledge and the Aesthetic Course Intro
What do you think this painting is about?
The Fighting Temeraire (oil on canvas) JMW Turner, 1839
Context The Fighting Temeraire • English artist JMW Turner • 98‐gun hero ship that served in the Battle of Trafalgar (where the British defeated the French and Spanish in the Mediterranean) • Saved Nelson’s ship from attack, and captured 2 enemy ships!
Context The Fighting Temeraire • Never saw military action after the Battle of Trafalgar; became largely a supply ship • It was towed up the Thames by a paddle‐ wheel steam tug in 1838, towards its final berth in Rotherhithe to be broken up for scrap
Questions • Did all of us get the message? What does this suggest about objectivity/subjectivity in art? • Did you understand the message of the painting more when you learned about its context? • Does –a n d should –c o n t e x t matter in understanding art?
WHY TA L K ABOUT ART?
What does this reveal about the nature of K? What is assumed? Issues in K construction? How do we know? What is being studied? What kind of knowledge? Universal scientific lawsK is verifiable through correspondence. What else? Scientific Method (Observation, Hypothesis, etc.) The physical world Scientific Universal human behaviour? Human nature? Behaviour and beliefs are directly correlated. What else? ? The mind Psychological Universal social laws? Etc. Observer Effect Theory‐ladenness What else? Scientific Method? Interpretive Means? ? Society / The social world Sociological Universal moral codes? Objective/Subjective? Etc. Disagreement abounds What else? Moral discourse Intuitively? ‐ language ‐ justification ‐ intuition Moral ? ? What are we observing? What can be observed? Why? ? Aesthetic / Beauty & Taste Recap: Compare AOKs
UNDERST ANDING ART
Understanding Art Applied ArtFine Art • Also serves a practical function • Created primarily for aesthetics or intellectual purposes, judged for its beauty and meaning • Pottery, most metalwork • Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Music, Poetry • Involved refined judgments of taste • Distinguished from popular art and entertainment
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