Tag: "aesthetics"

Art & Morality: A Bittersweet Symphony

Jessica Logue conducts an investigation into their relationship.
[Issue 143: April/May 2021: Art & Philosophy]

Pact or Artifact?

Greg Stone offers a contractual definition of art, among other artful ideas.
[Issue 143: April/May 2021: Art & Philosophy]

Jon Carter’s Cartoon (1)

by Jon Carter
[Issue 143: April/May 2021: Cartoon]

Chris Madden’s Cartoon

by Chris Madden
[Issue 143: April/May 2021: Cartoon]

Guto Dias’ Cartoon

by Guto Dias
[Issue 143: April/May 2021: Cartoon]

Hegel, ‘The Father of Art History’?

Michael Squire scrutinises Hegel’s historical ideas about aesthetics.
[Issue 140: October/November 2020: Hegel & History]

News: June/July 2020

Art exhibition honours Germany’s first African philosopher • Prize for Disagreeing • Latour de France says we can change — News reports by Anja Steinbauer
[Issue 138: June/July 2020: News]

Schopenhauer the Optimist

Duncan Richter explains why Schopenhauer thinks art, especially music, can provide a kind of salvation.
[Issue 134: October/November 2019: Schopenhauer]

Beauty versus Evil

Stuart Greenstreet asks whether we may judge a work to be artistically good even if we know it to be morally evil.
[Issue 132: June/July 2019: Articles]

Saving Beauty by Byung-Chul Han

Lillian Wilde asks: is it beauty that needs saving, or is it us?
[Issue 130: February/March 2019: Books]