SPP LECTURE 1 30/10/06

2.00 p.m. Introduction to Aesthetics
We were introduced to the philosophy of beauty and art and how the percpetion of philosophers change of time. We were shown the ideas of philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, Kant and Tolstoy. Also how artists such as Picasso and the Dadaists were trying to change the perception of art. Examples of Kanchinsky, Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol works start to question the perception of recent modern art. We then question the reasons for our own perceptions, is it nature or nurture? is it emotional or not? is it cultural conditioning that decide what perceptions we have. I found lecture very intresting and thought provoking. In the end we are left to "question why your doing things."