Browsing South African Journal of Art History Volume 22 (2007) by Subject "Complexity"

Browsing South African Journal of Art History Volume 22 (2007) by Subject "Complexity"

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  • Beauty and the beast : art and its passion for the beautiful, the ugly, and the sublime 
    Hurst, Andrea (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2007)
    In this article, I investigate the hypothesis that the notions of “the beautiful,” “the ugly,” and “the sublime” articulate the incompatible dimensions of what it means to live the kind of passionate life that most befits ...
  • 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, ...