Philosophy of Arts (2007/2008)

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Course code
4S01022
Name of lecturer
Tommaso Tuppini
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Academic sector
M-FIL/04 - AESTHETICS
Language of instruction
Italian
Location
VERONA
Period
Sem. II B dal Apr 21, 2008 al May 31, 2008.

Lesson timetable

Learning outcomes

The course aims to develop a philosophical point of view on painting, not merely an “aesthetic” one, but one that also focuses on painting effects on percepetual habits.

Syllabus

Paint the Life: reflections on painting by Maurice Merleau-Ponty. The course will examine some of the most significant writings, which the French philosopher Merleau-Ponty (1908-1961) dedicated to the art of painting, and in particular to the art of Cézanne. The concepts of the “flesh” the “world” and the “mirror” will receive particular emphasis. The practice of painting (particularly contemporary painting) will appear as a kind of re-writing of the perceptual experience that structures in a new way the relationship between subject and environment-world. The course will put under examination various other concepts, which play a critical, though unperceived, role in our understanding the works of art – such concepts as: imitation, good taste, primitivism, narcissism.

Testi per l’esame:
- M. Merleau-Ponty, L’occhio e lo spirito, SE, Milano 1989, cap. 2. Per la comprensione di queste pagine e della nozione dell'"esser visto" si consiglia la lettura almeno di: P. Gambazzi, L'occhio e lo spirito, Cortina, Milano 1999, pp. 105-09.
-Id., Il dubbio di Cézanne, in Senso e non senso. Percezione e significato della realtà, Net, Milano 2004.
-M. Merleau-Ponty, Il primato della percezione, Medusa, Milano 2004.
-M. Carbone, Il Cézanne dei filosofi francesi. Da Merleau-Ponty a Deleuze, in: Giovanni Cianci, Elio Franzini, Antonello Negri (a c. di), Il Cézanne degli scrittori, dei poeti e dei filosofi, Bocca, Milano 2001
- M. Merleau-Ponty, La fenomenologia della percezione, Bompiani, Milano 2003, pp. 283-354.
- J.-P. Sartre, Un'idea fondamentale della fenomenologia di Husserl: l'intenzionalità, in: J.-P. Sartre, Che cos'è la letteratura, Il Saggiatore, Milano 1963, Vol. 1, pp. 279-282 oppure in: S. Zecchi (a c. di), La fenomenologia, Loescher, Torino 1983.

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral test.

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