In this lecture, Dr. Hicks surveys modern art and the ideas behind its dismissal of beauty as a guiding principle in the last 100 years.
Timestamps:
01:10 Why did the art world become unusual
01:37 One reason is philosophical
02:02 Artists are philosophical
03:27 The art world has always changed rapidly
05:23 Art is personal and universal, particular and general
09:03 Are there limits to the subject matter of art?
09:59 Art & religion
12:58 Art & human nature
14:43 Art & Politics
16:54 1917-Duchamp, mass production, Russian Revolution
23:32 The 1960s-more of the same
28:43 Why is art stuck?
31:23 Major themes in literature: bleakness, darkness, loss, grief, betrayal and disappointment
40:08 Nietzsche, Darwin, Marx and Freud
49:04 The 20th Century: WWI, Depression, Nazism, nuclear age
51:33 How does an artist capture this modern world?
1:04:30 Contemporary reactions
1:15:00 Q & A
Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D., is Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, USA, and has had visiting positions at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., University of Kasimir the Great in Poland, Oxford University’s Harris Manchester College in England, and Jagiellonian University in Poland.
Other links:
Explaining Postmodernism audiobook: [ Ссылка ]
Nietzsche and the Nazis audiobook: [ Ссылка ]
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