Philosophy of Art

and Beauty

PHIL 361

Spring 1997

California State University,

Long Beach

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

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ASSIGNMENTS

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Course Syllabus

and Schedule

REQUIRED TEXT: Internet Access Tools, Academic Computing Services, CSULB (Fall 1996 edition) - available at the University Bookstore at the Copy Shop

You can also download the complete text on-line for free: http://www.csulb.edu/~acsdoc/document/index3.html


UNIT I: Art, Non-art, and the Aesthetic

January 27

4:00-5:30: Classroom

Introduction to the Course

5:30-6:00: LA5-371

Sign up for CSULB computer account

6:00-6:45 p.m. - LL24A library computer lab

How to Access the World Wide Web (to obtain reading for February 3)

February 3

4:00-5:15: LL24A library computer lab

How to send and receive e-mail; how to participate in Conferencing on the Web

5:30-6:45: Classroom

"Art, Philosophy, and the Philosophy of Art," by Arthur Danto

February 10

4:00-5:15: LL24A library computer lab

How to search the Web; how to send and receive file attachments to e-mail; review

5:30-6:45: Classroom

"Comments on Andres Serrano" by members of the United States Senate

Definition of "the Arts" by the United States Congress

"'Psychical Distance' as a Factor in Art and as an Aesthetic Principle" by Edward Bullough

February 17: President's Day - NO CLASS

UNIT II. Major Theories of the Arts

February 24: Representation

Short Paper I due

4:00-4:45: LL24A library computer lab

Final Review of Computer Skills

5:00-6:45: classroom

"The Ion" by Plato

"The Republic (Book X) (#1-200) by Plato

"Poetics" by Aristotle

March 3: Formalism

4:00-4:45: Group meetings

5:00-6:45: classroom

"Art" by Clive Bell

March 10: Expressionism

4:00-4:45: Group meetings

5:00-6:45: classroom

"What Is Art?" By Leo Tolstoy

March 17: Contemporary

4:00-4:45: Group meetings

5:00-6:45: classroom

"Radical Changes in Aesthetics" by Joseph Margolis

"Works in Progress: Art and the Historical Modalities" by Arthur Danto

"Art, the Mind and the Brain" by Gregory Currie

UNIT III. The Value of Art

March 24: Spring Break - NO CLASS

March 31: Moral Value and Aesthetic Value

Short Paper II due

4:00-4:45: Classroom: "Degenerate Art" (documentary)

5:00-6:45: Classroom

"The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde

"The Republic (Book X) (#200-319) by Plato

April 7: Subjectivity vs. Objectivity in Aesthetic Value

4:00-4:45: Group meetings

5:00-6:45: classroom

"Of the Standard of Good Taste" by David Hume

April 14: Art and the First Amendment

4:00-4:45: Group meetings

5:00-6:45: classroom

"Freedom of Expression"

April 21: Government Funding of the Arts

4:00-4:45: Group meetings

5:00-6:45: classroom

"Government Support for Cultural Activities"

"Government Funding and the First Amendment"

April 28, May 5, May 12:

4:00 - 6:45: Group Presentations

May 12: Short Paper III due

May 19: 5:00: Final paper due


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