TH 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Megaphone, Aeschylus, Ancient Greek Philosophy
4/12 Lecture 4
Gabriel young and afraid
Greece
The Western Origins of Theater
Why western origins? That's where we are and we focus on western world and our principle
Our aesthetics- are familiar and predictable
Our United States Supreme Court based on parthenon and greek origins
What do unfamiliar aesthetics look like- butoh japanese dance takes a week to figure out cuz
principle so different than ours
Versus our own contemporary models that we understand
The key to hamilton is the political always has to be personal
Political party and how it links to someone's character
How do we collapse grander than life figure and make them interesting
The history of greek theatre and grand figures not dissimilar to lincoln
Create a person someone like us that we can acknowledge
This is the history of shakespeare
The tragedy of hamlet is about tragedy of this person and tragedy of a country weho is
encountering a crime within castle and metaphor of how the country is falling apart
Representing Reality?
Why do humans Recreate?
Van gogh arts is also performative
Tume and Beauty are Fleeting
Capture things so we can remember fun events
Dictuc to teach- imitations of reality can be instructive, didactylos,
Recreate reality cuz teaches us something about the world
Images images can be manipulative
Out of rock beginning of fake news
Or manipulative such as staying gun and dead guy in civil war
Most art attempts to conjure up emotions and inspire us]
People make art teg audience Feel
Late period of the renaissance make hummus
Art can be dangerous such as the sunborn art
Early critics of arts role n society include Plato and his student Aristotle
Aristotle did not trust the people can be manipulated
He was doubtful of the writers and especially the audience
What we think we know are actually not true
Allegory of the cave
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We are the prisoners looking at the screen or shadows cast on the wall
We don't know were watching i think is true but someone is actually manipulating those things
Aristotle disagreed and said pluto is just a grumpy old guy
Aristotle a lot more faith in humanity
Yes rep can be manipulated but we need some rules and some oversight
Aristotle reamines more hopeful bu includes rules
Aristotle starts by asking why do humans make art:
He argued that nature mimics itself (reproduces) si humans (like nature) must mimic each other
for a purpose
It's how nature exists and recreate and survives and makes it better and we recreate ourselves
and repentance to figure out how to be better people
PREDICTING DARWIN
ALLOWS US TO MAKE OURSELVES BETTER CITIZENS
Aristotle arg: the ultimate function of art is to teach citizens how to create a stronger more moral
society
If it doesn't have this than we see whether it has value
Greek Philosophy
Dualism- battle between desire and reason
Uch o greek philosophy concerns itself with the Duality of our existence
Desire versus Reason
Most greek plays deal with this conflict
We come from background of religion good or bad because having fun or not
The sons of zeus
Apollo vs dionysus
And represent idea of reason and desire or order
Order vs disorder chaos
Dian grapes and owner is having fun and party
Apollo i homework and reason
L greek art seeks a balance between chaos and reason
Apollo- harmony, order, reason
Apollonian greek tragedy often puts to overcome tragedy in their life
Dionysus- chaos and disorder
Italy Climate of ancient greece-
Advent of theatre and a lot of art
World first Democracy
508 BC- we have the first democracy in the western world, slaves, women cant vote, limited
democracy
The perfect social political environment for the creation of Genius
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Document Summary
That"s where we are and we focus on western world and our principle. Our united states supreme court based on parthenon and greek origins. What do unfamiliar aesthetics look like- butoh japanese dance takes a week to figure out cuz principle so different than ours. Versus our own contemporary models that we understand. The key to hamilton is the political always has to be personal. Political party and how it links to someone"s character. How do we collapse grander than life figure and make them interesting. The history of greek theatre and grand figures not dissimilar to lincoln. Create a person someone like us that we can acknowledge. The tragedy of hamlet is about tragedy of this person and tragedy of a country weho is encountering a crime within castle and metaphor of how the country is falling apart. Capture things so we can remember fun events. Dictuc to teach- imitations of reality can be instructive, didactylos,
