PHIL 0847 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Clement Greenberg, Clive Bell, Aesthetic Emotions
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A rude awakening at the aesthetics society: blood is often used because . Blood and ritual: some people advocate a theory of art as ritual: ordinary objects or acts acquire symbolic significance through incorporation into a shared belief system. (pg. Some artists seek to recreate a similar sense of art as ritual. (pg. 1, loc 164: ritual theory does not account for the sometimes strange, intense activities of modern artists, as when a performance uses blood. (pg. 5, loc 194: symbols of pain and suffering that are central to many religions can be shocking when dislocated from their community. If they mix with more secular symbols, their meaning is threatened. Artwork that uses blood or urine enters into the public sphere without the context of either well-understood ritual significance or artistic redemption through beauty. (pg. Taste and beauty: the term aesthetics came into prominence as a label for the study of artistic experience (or sensibility) with alexander baumgarten. (pg.
