Browsing South African Journal of Art History Volume 22 (2007) by Author "Olivier, Bert"

Browsing South African Journal of Art History Volume 22 (2007) by Author "Olivier, Bert"

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  • Art and the ethical today 
    Olivier, Bert (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2007)
    What is art’s function today, in the early 21st century? It is argued here that, while art’s function has changed dramatically throughout history, its formal features are usually regarded as being paramount in ascertaining ...
  • Beauty, ugliness, the sublime, and truth in art 
    Olivier, Bert (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2007)
    Is it possible to articulate an aesthetic of the beautiful today, at a time when what Kundera’s character, Sabina, describes as the ‘uglification’ of the world, has become pervasive, on the one hand, and when, on the other, ...
  • Ecological ‘art’ and the transformation of the world 
    Olivier, Bert (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2007)
    If the modernist artwork was autonomous in the sense of being subject only to the aesthetic laws of its own distinctive being, ecological artworks cannot be understood as ‘autonomous’, but – in accordance with ecological ...