Syllabus
1. Artistic and Aesthetic Era (Jan Patočka)
2. Bridging the Gap between Classical and Modern Understanding of Art (Gadamer)
3. Traditional Concepts of Aesthetics: Art (W. Tatarkiewicz)
4. Traditional Concepts of Aesthetics: Beauty (W. Tatarkiewicz)
5. Traditional Concepts of Aesthetics: Aesthetics (W. Tatarkiewicz)
6. The Concepts of “Traditional”, “Modern”, “Postmodern” and their Relation to Aesthetics (J. Habermas, J.-F. Lyotard)
7. Mass Culture and Art. Umberto Eco’s Apocalypse Postponed
8. The Concept of the Kitsch (U. Eco, H. Broch, M. Kundera)
9. The Problem of Aesthetic Attitude: Edward Bullough
10. The Problem of Aesthetic Attitude: Jerome Stolnitz
11. Psychoanalysis and Art.
Annotation
The aim of this introductive course is to expose the basic concepts and problems of aesthetics such as art, beauty, taste, aesthetic attitude, kitsch, aesthetic and artistic value, the role of the author in aesthetic experience, and so on.
The course should provide a deeper insight into significant definitions of the main aesthetic concepts.