Cultural Understanding and Art Appreciation: A Debate

1. Cultural Understanding and Art Appreciation Edie Godwin

2. Real Life Situation

3. Knowledge Issue Does one need to have a cultural understanding of a piece of art to be able to fully appreciate it?

4. Position A cultural understanding does help a person in their appreciation of a work of art.

5. Appreciation Positive opinion Valuing something highly Full understanding

6. What is Art? Intentions of the Artist Quality of the Work Response of the Spectators

7. Counter Position A cultural knowledge will not help a person appreciate a work of art.

8. What is Art?: Revisited Intent Quality Spectators

9. Kantian Aesthetics Beauty implies appreciation Appreciation does not imply beauty Cultural awareness does not imply appreciation

10. Origins of Beauty Position Counter Universal • Cultural

11. Paradox of Aesthetic Judgment Position Counter Standards of Aesthetic Judgments Objective • “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” • Subjective

13. Importance Why? Perspective Knowledge

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