The Dialogue Between Philosophy and Painting

Seminar one (Monday 23rd April, 2.00pm – 5.00pm, L424 Flaxman Building)

‘Hegel and Nietzsche on the philosophical conception of art’

Readings:
Hegel, Aesthetics , Vol. I, pp. 1-55 
Nietzsche, Selection from Twilight of the Idols in the Portable Nietzsche (ed. Kaufmann), pp.479-486. Nietzsche, selection from The Will to Power (tr. Kaufmann), pp.419-429 (§§.794-811).


Seminar two (Tuesday 24th April, 2.00pm – 5.00pm, S004 Mellor Building)

‘Philosophical Development in the paintings of Monet and Cezanne’

Reading: John Sallis, Shades – Of Painting at the Limit, chap 1 (pp.22-56).


Seminar three (Tuesday 24th April, 2.00pm – 5.00pm, S004 Mellor Building)

‘The writings and art of Paul Klee against the background of the thought of Heidegger and
Merleau-Ponty’

Primary reading: Klee, ‘Ways of Nature Study,’ in The Thinking Eye, pp.63-67; Klee, ‘Creative Creedo,’ in The Thinking Eye, pp.76-80. Background reading: Heidegger, selection from ‘The Origin of the Work of Art,’ in Basic Writings (ed. Krell), pp.157-182.

Everyone is welcome. Please contact David Webb if you need any further details ([email protected]).