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Aesthetics In Culture, Dan Rager Nov 2014

Aesthetics In Culture, Dan Rager

Dan Rager

This article examines the role of aesthetics in art, music, non-art objects, and activities in daily life. It shows that recognition is vital to our understanding of art and art-objects and sometimes creates conflicts which ask, what does one do with art? The question becomes more confusing when we think about non-art objects and activities which concern our everyday experiences from eating, clothing, cleaning and dealing with life's natural elements. The author points out that Western cultures have a distinct artworld that is usually limited for special occasions set aside for that purpose. He suggests that aesthetics in culture is …


Qin Chong - A Quest For Ars Veritas, Curtis Carter Jul 2014

Qin Chong - A Quest For Ars Veritas, Curtis Carter

Curtis Carter

No abstract provided.


Not-I/Thou: The Other Subject Of Art And Architecture, Gavin W. Keeney May 2014

Not-I/Thou: The Other Subject Of Art And Architecture, Gavin W. Keeney

Gavin W Keeney

Not-I/Thou: The Other Subject of Art and Architecture is a series of essays delineating the gray areas and black zones in present-day cultural production with, in Part One (The Gray and the Black), an implicit critique of neoliberal capitalism and its assault on the humanities through the pseudo-scientific and pseudo-empirical biases of academic and professional disciplines. Initially surveying the shift from Cultural Ecology to Cultural Studies to Cognitive Capitalism, the essays of Part Two (What is “Franciscan” Ontology?) return to certain lost causes in the historical development of modernity and post-modernity, foremost the recourse to artistic production as both a …


Black Success Is Never Simple: An Interview With Architect Curtis J. Moody, Koritha Mitchell May 2014

Black Success Is Never Simple: An Interview With Architect Curtis J. Moody, Koritha Mitchell

Koritha Mitchell

An interview with the principal designer and CEO of the largest "minority"-owned architecture firm in the world.


The Time & The Place: Sundance London 2014 Review Article, Vaughan S. Roberts Apr 2014

The Time & The Place: Sundance London 2014 Review Article, Vaughan S. Roberts

Vaughan S Roberts

This report on the Sundance Film Festival in London in April 2014 includes seven film reviews and observations on the religious themes in them, as well as how the films connect to the notion of place.


5th Annual Afro-Latino Lecture Series - Dr. Guillermina Ramos Cruz, Aajay Murphy Apr 2014

5th Annual Afro-Latino Lecture Series - Dr. Guillermina Ramos Cruz, Aajay Murphy

Aajay Murphy

A poster for "Afro-Cuban Art from the Diaspora," a lecture by Dr. Guillermina Ramos Cruz, in conjunction with the 5th Annual Afro-Latino Lecture Series.


The Magic Of Sculpture, Fathi Habashi Mar 2014

The Magic Of Sculpture, Fathi Habashi

Fathi Habashi

Work of art the is worth admiring.


Lean In Or Lean Back: Reproducing Sustainable Livelihoods In The Transnational Indigenous Art Market, Blaire Gagnon Feb 2014

Lean In Or Lean Back: Reproducing Sustainable Livelihoods In The Transnational Indigenous Art Market, Blaire Gagnon

Blaire Gagnon

No abstract provided.


Recentering The Humanities, Mellon Grant For “Through The Looking Glass: The Science Of Art...Or The Art Of Science", Crystal Boyce, Karen Schmidt, Gabe Spalding Dec 2013

Recentering The Humanities, Mellon Grant For “Through The Looking Glass: The Science Of Art...Or The Art Of Science", Crystal Boyce, Karen Schmidt, Gabe Spalding

Crystal Boyce

This program proposes to bring together the disciplines of art, theatre, physics, and chemistry as represented through the works of Argonne scientists and how their discoveries have advanced the humanities.