Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Aesthetics I
Other languages of instruction: Catalan
Teaching staff
Introduction
The emergence of aesthetics as a philosophical discipline must be dated, strictly speaking, to the 18th century, when Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten published his treatise Aesthetica. However, philosophical reflection on beauty and art has been present in philosophy since its beginnings. The course Aesthetics I presents the history of aesthetic conceptions of beauty and the theories of art from Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the early modern period. The study of modern and contemporary aesthetic theories will be reserved for the second part of this course, Aesthetics II.
Syllabus
Introduction. The Aesthetics and Metaphysics of Beauty
Topic 1. The transcendental nature of Beauty
Topic 2. The constitutive notes of beauty: proportion, integrity and claritas
Topic 3. Poetry, Person and Beauty: the "artistic word" on the scale of beings
Topic 4. The "sacred song": it is characteristic of the wise to sing.
Evaluation systems and criteria
In person
EVALUATION
Final exam (80%)
Attendance and participation in class (20%)
It is also possible to raise your grade by preparing an optional assignment to be agreed with the teacher, which will be presented on the last day of class.
Bibliography and resources
General Bibliography
Forment, Eudaldo, "La trascendentalidad de la belleza", Thémata. Revista de filosofía, núm. 9, 1992, pp. 165-182.
Lira, Osvaldo, El misterio de la poesía, 3 vols., Santiago de Chile, Ediciones Nueva Universidad, 1974.
Lobato, Abelardo, Ser y Belleza, Madrid, Unión Editorial, 1968.
Miró i Comas, Abel, Les arrels tomistes i agustinianes de l'estètica de Josep Torras i Bages, Barcelona, Publicacions de l'Abadia de Montserrat, 2018.
Miró i Comas, Abel, "La transcendentalitat de la bellesa en Sant Tomàs", Anuari de la Societat Catalana de Filosofia, XXXV, 2024, pp. 123-159.
Torras i Bages, Josep, Estètiques (Obres Completes, vol. XV), Barcelona, Editorial Balmes, 1936.