Art, Culture and Collective Memory - Plato and Aristotle
Presentation Type
Oral Presentation
Mentor/Supervising Professor Name
NA
Description
Art History is a "modern" discipline and art theory followed suit. Theories of the discipline have been spoken of from different perspectives, but not using the Bible as primary source, through a process of comparing and contrasting. I would like to especially look at Plato and Aristotle and their influence on ancient art theory that still forms the ways we are thinking about art today. Then I will turn to Biblical sources and find similarities and differences between Greek and Jewish ways of thinking about art. Finally I would like to speak of the relevance of these philosophies which have been synchronized and passed down to us and are relevant to contemporary culture and religion.
Art, Culture and Collective Memory - Plato and Aristotle
Art History is a "modern" discipline and art theory followed suit. Theories of the discipline have been spoken of from different perspectives, but not using the Bible as primary source, through a process of comparing and contrasting. I would like to especially look at Plato and Aristotle and their influence on ancient art theory that still forms the ways we are thinking about art today. Then I will turn to Biblical sources and find similarities and differences between Greek and Jewish ways of thinking about art. Finally I would like to speak of the relevance of these philosophies which have been synchronized and passed down to us and are relevant to contemporary culture and religion.