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Teacher
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GIOMBINI LISA
(syllabus)
The course aims to provide an introduction to the contemporary debate on the ontology of art:
What kinds of objects are artworks? Are they physical objects, events, ideal types, or Platonic forms?
What elements define their nature?
Are there substantial ontological differences between paintings, sculptures, and musical works?
How are artworks related to the mental states and/or intentions of artists, critics, and the audience?
Under what conditions do artworks emerge, survive, or cease to exist?
And why does it make sense to ask these questions?
(reference books)
- Varzi, Achille, Ontologia, Laterza, 2008: Cap. 1, ‘Che cos’è l’ontologia’, pp. 7-31.
- Berto, Francesco, Plebani, Matteo, Ontology and Metaontology. A Contemporary Guide, Bloomsbury 2015, ‘Introduzione’, parti 1-4, pp. 1-9.
- Stephen Davies, ‘Ontology of Art’, in Oxford Handbook of Aesthetics, 2003, pp. 155-180.
- Rohrobaugh, Guy, ‘The Ontology of Art’, in The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics, Routledge, 2013, pp. 235-245.
- Wollheim, Richard, Art and its objects, Cambridge 1968/1980, parti 4-10, 20-23, 35-36, e ‘A note on the physical object hypothesis’.
- Hospers, John, ‘The Croce-Collingwood Theory of Art’, The Journal of the Royal Institute of Philosophy, 1956, pp. 291-308.
- Giombini, Lisa Musical Ontology. A Guide for the Perplexed, ch. 1, ‘Idealism’, pp. 45-59
- Goodman, Nelson, Languages of art, Cap. 3 ‘Art and Authenticity’, pp. 99-122. (tr. it.: Linguaggi dell’arte, cap. 3, ‘Arte e autenticità’)
- Lamarque, Peter, Work and Object, Oxford University Press 2010, Chapters 3-4
- Kivy, Peter, ‘Platonism in Music: Another Kind of Defense’, American Philosophical Quarterly, 24, 3 1987.
- Dodd, Julian, ‘Musical Works as Eternal Types’, The British Journal of Aesthetics, 40 (2000), pp. 424-440.
- Levinson, Jerrold, ‘What a Musical Work Is’, The Journal of Philosophy, 77, 1980, pp. 5-28.
- Howell, R., ‘Types, Indicated and Initiated’, British Journal of Aesthetics, 42, 2002, pp. 105-127.
- Thomasson, Amie L., ‘Debates about the Ontology of Art: What Are We Doing Here?’, Philosophy Compass, 1, 3, 2006, pp. 245–255.
- Davies, David. ‘The Primacy of Practice in the Ontology of Art’, Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 67 (2009): 159–72.
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