Classical Aesthetics and its Legacy
Module code: HA3020
This module provides an overview of different theories in the history of art and aesthetics that proliferated in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Our main aim, however, will be to demonstrate how many of the most powerful ideas – the ones we take for granted – rest upon the most ancient sources. Much of the course, therefore, will be devoted to a close examination of the aesthetics of Plato and Aristotle.