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Friday, February 1, 2008

Assignments: Week Five

Monday February 4
Reading: see Syllabus
Writing: post comment on each of sample captions (Hoch and Schwitters) by 9 pm Sunday night & post response on the brecht blog post, "Who owns the world?"; Begin document searching--email me to ask questions about essay and images.
**turn in Study Questions (optional)

Wednesday February 6
Reading: see Syllabus, Midterm Review Sheet
Writing: study study study

Friday February 8
Midterm Exam (in Discussion Section)

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aesthetic (source: Online Etymology Dictionary)
1798, from Ger. ästhetisch or Fr. esthétique, both from Gk. aisthetikos "sensitive," from aisthanesthai "to perceive, to feel," from PIE *awis-dh-yo-, from base *au- "to perceive." Popularized in Eng. by translation of Immanuel Kant, and used originally in the classically correct sense "the science which treats of the conditions of sensuous perception." Kant had tried to correct the term after Baumgarten had taken it in Ger. to mean "criticism of taste" (1750s), but Baumgarten's sense attained popularity in Eng. c.1830s (despite scholarly resistance) and removed the word from any philosophical base. Walter Pater used it (1868) to describe the late 19c. movement that advocated "art for art's sake," which further blurred the sense. Aesthete first recorded 1881.

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Friday, February 1, 2008

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Humanities Core: Winter 2008

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