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Paper Instructions:
The test will have a form of a short paper (400-650 words) related to Kant’s aesthetics and Picasso’s art. It is envisioned as Gertrude Stein in Picasso’s Aesthetic Judgment. Students should virtually visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) in New York City to analyze and aesthetically examine the painting Gertrude Stein by Picasso. Using this artwork and Stein’s words from her diary, students are asked to recognize Picasso’s method of a new way of describing the reality. What does constitute Picasso’s new way of painting? How does Picasso’sart resist, if any, the existence?
Stein wrote:
“Picasso sat very tensely on his chair, with his nose up against the canvas. On a very
small palette, which was of a uniform brownish-gray color, he would mix a bit of
brownish gray. That was the first of some ninety sittings…… Suddenly, one day, Picasso
wiped out the whole of the head. ‘I can’t see you anymore when I look at you,’ he told me
irritably… Picasso left for Spain. When he got back, he painted the head without
having seen me again, then he gave me the picture. I was and still am pleased with my
portrait. I think it looks like me.”
Use major aesthetic concepts, from Kant’s Critique of Judgment, to answer the above questions.Focus on Kant’s idea of the beautiful, sublime, deduction of taste, artistic experience, artistic creation, subjective purposiveness in our perception, fine arts and genius, aesthetic judgment,and other concepts provided by Kant’s philosophy of art.
Make your paper an interdisciplinary work that consists of a short analysis of Picasso’s artworks,logical arguments, quotes, and bibliographical sources. Critical thinking and intellectual independence are required. Enjoy the project!
You do not need to provide citations when you use the quote from Gertrude Stein given above. Analyze this quote and learn from it.
Because we have not researched Kant's aesthetics yet, students can also use concepts on art provided by Plato and Aristotle. Nevertheless, indicate basic Kant's ideas on the philosophy of art. Enjoy research on Kant!
