Università Roma Tre

At the end of this course the student will acquire:

- A basic knowledge of several issues concerning aesthetics and the relationships between philosophy and the arts (literature, visual arts, performing arts, architecture, film)

- The knowledge of one or more important texts of the history of aesthetics, and of the critical debate on these texts

- A basic knowledge on the most recent literature on aesthetics, perception theory, ontology of art and related subjects

- The ability to form an independent judgement on such topics and to expose it in oral and written form

- Good mastery of aesthetic terminology and of the argumentative methods in the field of aesthetics and art criticism

- The ability of focusing theoretical issues, analyzing information, formulating arguments in the fields of aesthetics, theory of perception, art theories, with the help of bibliographical sources-

The ability to contextualize in historical-philosophical perspective aesthetic debates, as well as debates on art criticism.