Modern Aesthetics
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Art

Led by Nigel Warburton, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at The Open University
Paul Nash, Landscape from a Dream, 1936–8
Paul Nash
Landscape from a Dream 1936–8
© Tate
Mondays 7 June - 12 July 2010, 18.45-20.15
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Emotion and expression are key themes in this course which explores ideas from Romanticism through to the mid-twentieth century. Major thinkers whose work we will examine include Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Collingwood, Benjamin and Heidedgger.

Each week we will discuss a reading from Cahn and Meskin eds. Aesthetics: A Comprehensive Anthology (Blackwell, 2008). You will also have the opportunity to think about particular works in the Tate Modern collection in relation to these ideas.

Please note that on Monday 14 June only the session will run at Tate Britain from 19.00–20.30. Please come to the Clore Entrance between 18.30–19.00 where you will be directed to the location of your course.

Tate Modern  East Room
£110 (£90 concessions), booking recommended
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