Until mid-19th century, an unfinished artwork was unacceptable for both aesthetic and philosophical reasons. A result of this tendency was that collectors of ancient art (mainly Greek and Roman) would … Continue reading The lure of the Incomplete, the Imperfect and the Fragmented in Art
According to Roland Barthes, prominent French literary theorist and semiotician, the film Julius Caesar (1953) is full of errors. In Mankiewicz’s film all Romans have fringes not because its historically accurate, … Continue reading Romans sweating is cheating: Roland Barthes against Hollywood
The Birth of Tragedy is among the most beautiful works of Friedrich Nietzsche. Overflowing with influences from Hegel, Schopenhauer and Wagner, all of whom the German philosopher later rejected, the … Continue reading Nietzsche on Raphael’s Transfiguration: The Illusion of Illusion
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By: Antonis Ch Arthur Schnitzler back in the 19th century wrote ‘A Dream Story’ which was later brought to the big screen by Kubrick…
*cover: Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Phidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon to his Friends, 1868, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. In 1932 Bernard Ashmole delivered nine talks under the theme ‘Art in … Continue reading Modernism and the Classical Ideal: Ashmole’s 1932 debate with Wilenski
In May 2019, I participated in the postgraduate conference of the University of Stirling under the theme “Disruptions“. The conference was truly interdisciplinary with participants from all disciplines within the … Continue reading Fake-News and Politically Engaged Museums-UofStir Postgraduate Conference
Back in May I wrote a short article for the Hunterian’s blog to share the history of the Cave of Fingal, which is undoubtedly one of the most interesting and … Continue reading The many caves of Fingal and the Hunterian Museum
*cover photo: Ancient Rome, 1957, Giovanni Paolo Panini, Metropolitan Museum of Art. It should come across as paradoxical to even suggest that there are dead-ends in art. Artistic expression cannot … Continue reading Imitation in Art as a Dead-end: The reason Hegel would not Appreciate Zeuxis
Reading Hegel’s ” Aesthetics: Lectures on Fine Art”, it is difficult to remain indifferent towards the concept of the “end of art”. As is expected, this concept has been the … Continue reading The End of Art in Hegel’s Aesthetics
The following is a passage from Walter Benjamin’s essay “Theses on the Philosophy of History” (in ‘Illuminations’, translated and edited by Hannah Arendt, London, 1999). In the past I have … Continue reading History as Angelus Novus- Benjamin, Klee, Scholem
On May 23rd I presented a paper titled “Fake News as a Tool of Social Division and the Role of the Museum” at DIVISIONS– the annual postgraduate conference of the … Continue reading Arts and Humanities brought together at the “Divisions” Conference
Walter Benjamin’s concept of the aura of the authentic is one of the key ideas when it comes to issues of authenticity. Benjamin developed this concept in his most celebrated … Continue reading The Aura of the Authentic: Walter Benjamin on Authenticity
Defined as “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief” (OED, definition of post-truth), Oxford … Continue reading Post Truth?: From the First Fake-News to the Present
*Cover photo: Lake Baikal, Russia, by Sergey Pesterev ANT (Actor-Network Theory) is one of Bruno Latour’s, most influential contributions to social theory. The French sociologist has been developing his theory over … Continue reading Thoughts on Actor-Network Theory (ANT) and Entanglement: Latour vs Hodder
This was an article review I wrote for a course on “Material Culture Theory” in the beginning of 2019. I chose to review the article of Van der Veen because … Continue reading Plant Materiality: A review article
