THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A MORAL OR IMMORAL BOOK. Books are well written or badly written. That is all.

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THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A MORAL OR IMMORAL
BOOK.Books are well written or badly written.
That is all.

• Oscar Wilde

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WITHOUT MUSIC, LIFE WOULD BE A MISTAKE.

• Friedrich Nietzsche

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REMEMBER THAT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS IN THE
WORLD ARE THE MOST USELESS PEACOCKS AND LILLIES
FOR EXAMPLE

• John Ruskin

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Art is what you can get away with.

• Andy Warhol

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Works of art?

• On the next slide you will see some descriptions
  of works of art. Try and impose some sort of
  ranking between those most likely to be
  considered works of art, and those least likely.
• Be prepared to justify your choice.

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Sunflowers Van Gogh A copy of Sunflowers bought in Slough A sheep cut in two and preserved in a glass case
Untitled white canvas White canvas titled A foggy day White canvas titled Hiroshima
A superb sportsman at their peak of achievement A beautiful mountain Einsteins theory of relativity
Mozarts Clarinet concerto King Lear by Shakespeare A poem generated by a computer.
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WHY?

• If art is the pursuit of the aesthetically
  pleasing, why do the reproductions come beneath
  the original paintings?
• How do we explain that the Mozart is different in
  every performance in terms of speeds, volume and
  overall sounds, yet is still great art?
• Are our aesthetic judgements subjective or
  objective?
• Does a work of art need to be man-made?

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We need to consider

• The intentions of the artist. (Though does
  intending something to be art mean that it is?).
• The intrinsic quality of the work. ( What about
  forgeries though?).
• Spectator response? ( Do we need an expert
  opinion though can we trust ourselves to be
  objective?).