Mud And A Metaphor,
2017
Denison University
Mud And A Metaphor, David Goldblatt
Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)
No abstract provided.
Mud, A Comment,
2017
The Graduate Center of The City University of New York
Mud, A Comment, Mary Bittner Wise
Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)
No abstract provided.
Thoughts On An Aesthetics Of Mud,
2017
Chair, Environmental Aesthetics Study Group
Thoughts On An Aesthetics Of Mud, Tom Baugh
Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)
No abstract provided.
Complexity As A Narrative,
2017
Universitat Innsbruck
Complexity As A Narrative, Giacomo Pala
Journal of Applied Sciences and Arts
In this paper an attempt is made to discuss how the computer has imposed new conventions to architecture over the last thirty years. The paper’s aim is to discuss how the introduction of digital media has forced architecture to find ways to deal with new technologies and to develop new disciplinary meanings. First, the paper addresses the question of complexity and chaos in the postmodern discussion by the reading of Lyotard’s theories. Therefore, the essay pinpoints attempts of developing new conceptions of “complexity” in architecture derived from the post-modern sciences of indetermination. Interengsly enough, this was doable because both these …
-Isms 2017,
2017
Rhode Island School of Design
-Isms 2017, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives
All Student Newspapers
-ISMS: Exploring the Intersectionality of Identities was a publication that accompanied the RISD Global Initiative 2017 exhibit of the same name. The exhibit explored the intersections of identity and art and featured pieces that were selected for critique by visiting artist and MLK Series keynote speaker Emory Douglas. This publication contains images of student artwork from the exhibit along with essays and other text.
The Retro-Futurism Of Cuteness,
2017
Coastal Carolina University
The Retro-Futurism Of Cuteness, Jennifer E. Boyle, Wan-Chuan Kao
CCU Faculty Books
Is it possible to conceive of a Hello Kitty Middle Ages or a Tickle Me Elmo Renaissance? The Oxford English Dictionary dates the first reference to “cute” in the sense of “attractive, pretty, charming” to 1834. More recently, Sianne Ngai has offered a critical overview of the cuteness of the twentieth-century avant-garde within the context of consumer culture. But if cuteness can get under the skin, what kinds of surfaces does it best infiltrate, particularly in the framework of historical forms, events, and objects that traditionally have been read as emergences around “big” aesthetics of formal symmetries, high affects, and …
From Winkelmann’S Apollo To Nietzsche’S Dionysus,
2017
Fordham University
From Winkelmann’S Apollo To Nietzsche’S Dionysus, Babette Babich
Articles and Chapters in Academic Book Collections
At issue here is the Platonic notion of imitation likewise associated with Gotthold Ephraim Lessing’s reflection on the complex limits of painting and poetry, exemplar, archetype, ideal. Nietzsche himself echoes Schlegel’s own citation of Winckelmann in his comparison of Greek tragedy and sculpture, noting the ideal of beauty in balance, as tragic proportion. For August Wilhelm Schlegel, Aeschylus and Sophocles highlight the balance of tension between bodily dynamic poise and spiritual suffering in the case of the Laocoön group, where the boys to either side of the central figure draw the gaze back to the father: the very snakes themselves …
An Introduction To Positive Sum Design,
2017
Brown University
“Why (Not) Philosophy Of Stand-Up Comedy?”,
2017
Bucknell University
“Why (Not) Philosophy Of Stand-Up Comedy?”, Sheila Lintott
Faculty Contributions to Books
Stand-up comedy has been largely ignored by analytic philosophers of art, including those interested in comedy and humor. This is somewhat surprising, given the immense popularity of stand-up comedy and the rock star status enjoyed by some comedians today. I suspect that philosophers are just as likely to enjoy stand-up comedy as anyone else; in some cases (i.e. for some philosophers and some comedians), probably more likely. Here I offer some reasons philosophers of art should take the time to consider stand-up comedy and possible explanation for why philosophers of art have paid far less attention to stand-up comedy than …
Windows To The Divine: The Development Of Byzantine Art,
2017
Harding University
Windows To The Divine: The Development Of Byzantine Art, Sam Klein
Tenor of Our Times
Byzantine art took significant inspiration form its Greco-Roman heritage but then distinguished itself through a shift in focus away from Hellenic realism and towards formal abstractions of Christian motifs. These conventions developed alongside political and theological turbulence to eventually influence a vast area of Asia Minor and Eastern Europe.
The Noble Art Of Lying,
2017
CUNY Lehman College
The Noble Art Of Lying, James E. Mahon
Publications and Research
In this chapter I examine the writings of Mark Twain on lying, especially his essays "On the decay of the Art of Lying" and "My First Lie, and How I Got Out of It." I show that Twain held that there were two kinds of lies: the spoken lie and the silent lie. The silent lie is the lie of not saying what one is thinking, and is far more common than the spoken lie. The greatest silent lies, according to Twain, were the national silent lies that there was nothing wrong with slavery (the U.S.), that there was nothing …
To Paint A Queen,
2017
Old Dominion University
To Paint A Queen, Anne-Taylor Cahill
Philosophy Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Notices,
2017
Rhode Island School of Design
Notices, Editorial Office
Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)
No abstract provided.
Away With Green Aesthetics!,
2017
University of Warsaw, Institute of Philosophy
Away With Green Aesthetics!, Mateusz Salwa
Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)
No abstract provided.
Material Blue,
2017
Basel University
Material Blue, Justin Winkler
Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)
In the 1780s, de Saussure invented the cyanometer that was subsequently used by Humboldt on his research travels. It served to determine the blueness of the sky at various altitudes. This article examines the research context in which this device was used and seeks to trace an underlying aisthesis materialis (Barck). I raise the question whether this recourse to a supposed pre–art theory and aesthetic practice can help establish a better concept of the everyday aesthetics to come.
Editorial,
2017
Rhode Island School of Design
Editorial, Editorial Office
Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)
No abstract provided.
Building A Paradise? On The Quest For The Optimal Human Habitat,
2017
University of Jyväskylä
Building A Paradise? On The Quest For The Optimal Human Habitat, Anu Besson
Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)
Do humans have a natural habitat? If yes, is it the original habitat of early hominids or the most optimal environment for today’s humans? Are these two the same thing and, if not, what does ‘optimal habitat’ mean? I examine the concept of the optimal habitat from four viewpoints: 1) paradise; 2) urban design based on environmental psychology; 3) favorite places; and 4) environment as an invitation for action. I conclude that an optimal habitat is not a collection of more or less fixed elements but an environment that can be experienced as a beneficial feedback loop based on and …
Imaginative Intersections: Engaging Aesthetic Experience At The Shofuso Japanese House,
2017
Dayton Art Institute
Imaginative Intersections: Engaging Aesthetic Experience At The Shofuso Japanese House, Peter L. Doebler
Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)
This essay explores how the imagination creates dynamic aesthetic experiences by negotiating the intersection of opposites. The goal is to enrich our thinking about the relation of nature and art within a more comprehensive environmental aesthetics. I focus on a single example, the intersections created by the particular experience of space and time in the paintings of Hiroshi Senju, at the Shofuso Japanese House in Philadelphia. First, I provide a brief introduction to Senju and the work at Shofuso. Next, building on perspectives from within environmental aesthetics and Senju’s own writings, I sketch out a framework for thinking about the …
V.1 2017-2018,
2017
Rhode Island School of Design
V.1 2017-2018, Center For Arts & Language, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives
All Student Newspapers
v.1 is a publishing platform for the ongoing work, ideas, discussions, debates, and aspirations of students at the Rhode Island School of Design. The 2017-2018 issue contains articles on the Nature Lab, food and design, the role of writing in architecture, and an interview with the Chilean artist Alfredo Jaar along with the comic "Printer Prosthetics" at NYABF by Elaine Lopez.
Recent Publications,
2017
Rhode Island School of Design
Recent Publications, Editorial Office
Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)
No abstract provided.
