philosphy and the arts final exam

Self-Reflectiveness & Irony

Not just self-aware, but playfully so (pokes fun at itself or undermines itself)

Against Definition

Resistant to or designed to go against definition or categorization of art(s).

Against Medium

Ontological Challenge: What is Art? Versus Epistemological challenge: How do we know Art from Non-Art?

Against the Aesthetic

Rejects the role of art as fulfilling some aesthetic function, engendering some aesthetic attitude, providing some aesthetic experience, or creating some aesthetic object.

Dematerialization

The Medium is the Idea.

Sol Dewitt's Wall Drawings

Never actually made any of them, instead only wrote out instructions.

Roelouf Louw's Soul City (Pyramid of Oranges)

2,000 oranges in a pyramid, replaced every two weeks. People are encouraged to take an orange.

Michael Craig-Martin's Oak Tree

Informational Placard on the bottom left, glass shelf with a glass of water in the middle on the top right.

Work No. 88 by Martin Creed

180 GBP for him to send you a paper ball, protected with shredded paper.

Urinal turned sideways and called 'Fountain'

An example of art that resists categorization.

Guy sold 120 cans of his own ****

An example of art that challenges traditional definitions.

Andy Warhol's Brillo box

Identical to an Actual Brillo Box sold on store shelves.

Yoko Ono's Apple

Literally just an apple that sits there until it rots.

Marcel Duchamp's In Advance of a Broken Arm

Dude just took a snow shovel and called it an artwork.

Manzoni's Artist's Lunch

Guy encases eggs in gelatin.

Tobias Wong's Warhol Gift Wrap

$25K for him to wrap a gift in a Warhol Print.

Damian Hurst's Mother and Child Divided

Baby cow and Mama cow split in half and encased in formaldehyde.

Q1: When if at all, is Roelof Louw's Soul City (Pyramid of Oranges) destroyed?

A question regarding the permanence of the installation.

Q2: If it can be destroyed, can it be recreated?

A question regarding the reproducibility of the installation.

Q1: What do you think are the success conditions for Michael Craig-Martin's An Oak Tree (1973)?

Music Alone

Philosophy of Music

Discussion focused on music without lyrics.

Emotional Expressivity

Difficult philosophical problem in Music Alone.

Musical Hybrids

Compositions combining elements of music and lyrics.

Song

Musical composition for human voice with lyrics.

Relevant Appreciative Features

Features important for aesthetic appreciation of songs.

Composition Bridge

Musical feature connecting different sections of a song.

Timbre

Quality of a musical sound that distinguishes it.

Danceability

Key feature for evaluating Dance-Rock songs.

Good Song

Song judged positively based on relevant features.

Cover Song

Later recording by someone other than the original artist.

Original

Recording by the songwriter or intended performer.

Mimic Covers

Covers aiming to replicate the original arrangement.

Cover Bands

Groups performing Mimic Covers of various songs.

Rendition Covers

Covers that creatively depart from the original.

Transformative Covers

Covers derived from songs not originally written by the artist.

Referential Covers

Covers that reference the original song or artist.

Folk Rock

Genre emphasizing lyrical content for appreciation.

Glam Rock

Genre de-emphasizing lyrical content in evaluation.

Progressive Metal

Genre with complex compositions compared to Garage Rock.

Pop Rock

Genre expecting tighter vocals than Grunge Rock.

Noise Rock

Genre where danceability is less important.

Aesthetic Appreciation

Evaluation of art based on its beauty and value.

Good Punk Song

Satisfies both song quality and Punk genre standards. question regarding the criteria for the success of the artworkRadical Moralism

Aesop's Fables

Moral tales with aesthetic storytelling elements.

Radical Autonomism

Artworks exist outside moral evaluation.

Fred Sandback's Constructions

Artworks with no moral dimension, just string.

The Larame Project

Play about Matthew Shepard's brutal murder.

Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks

Album reflecting personal experiences of divorce.

Moderate Moralism

Moralism applies to certain artworks only.

Noel Carroll's View

Moralism true only for narrative works.

Damian Hurst's Dot Paintings

Abstract art lacks moral dimension.

Naomi Alderman's The Power

Work where moralism must be true.

Berys Gaut's Ethicism

Attitudes in work affect its moral evaluation.

Marquis de Sade's Juliette

Work depicting sadism and moral corruption.

The Sopranos

Audience roots for a morally reprehensible character.

Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin

Moral merit outweighs aesthetic shortcomings.

Moderate Autonomism

Aesthetic and moral judgments are independent.

Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will

Innovative film, but Nazi propaganda.

Woody Allen

Acclaimed actor with controversial personal life.

Roman Polanski

Director with a criminal history, still celebrated.

Eric Gill

Renowned artist, known for child molestation.

Michael Jackson

Famed musician with pedophilia allegations.

David Bowie

Rock star with controversial relationships.

John Lennon

Beatle known for domestic violence.

Bill Cosby

Comedian with a history of sexual assault.