Examines the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, its medium/form/purpose and the roles of the artist / audience in creating meaning.
Key questions:
What makes something art?
Is there good and bad art? Is there a difference between art and craft?
What does art reveal about how we see the world?
Is meaning created by the artist? The audience?
Is the artist responsible for all the meaning found within their art? Whose perspective matters when determining meaning?
Can genuinely new artistic knowledge ever be created?
Is the value of art determined by its intention or content? Is the consensus truth test ever a valid basis of (artistic) judgement?
Is artistic knowledge something that cannot be expressed in any other way?
What is the role of perception is determining artistic meaning? Is artistic interpretation always subjective?
Are moral / aesthetic judgements about art a matter of taste or a matter of truth?
If math is universal, and beauty is math, is art universal?
Does sense perception perform a different role in the arts compared to other areas of knowledge?
How much do we need to know about the social, cultural, and historical background of a work of art in order to understand it?
Is the message of works of art more important than the technique and execution? Can you separate them?
Analyzes The Room, considered the worst film ever made.
What makes film art?
Does art ever become obsolete?
Should art care about ethics?
Who gets to tell stories?
