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University of Peradeniya

PHY 404 - Philosophy of Art & Aesthetic

The nature and scope of Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics. History of Art and Aesthetics-- Western and Eastern. Aesthetic Theories of Kant and Hegel. Enlightenment and Modernism.
Modern Aesthetic theories: Expressionism, Impressionism, Representational realism, Marxism, Dadaism, Cubism: Concepts – Beauty, Sublime, Representation , appreciation, objectivity and subjectivity. Post-Modern Aesthetics. Art and Aesthetics--Eastern, Hindu, Buddhist, Japanese, Barathamuni, Kumaraswamy, Tagore, Sri lankan Art, Poetry, Music, Dance, Sculpture, Solius Mendis, Sarlis, Keat.


Reading List
1. Robert Treat Paine, Alexander Soper,1960, The Art and Architecture of Japan, penguin book.
2. Theodor Adonrno, Max Horkheimer, 1969, Dialectic of Enlightenment, Lowe & Brydone Printers.
3. Robert E. Fisher, 1993, Buddhist Art and Architecture, Thames and Hudson.
4. ගම්ලත් එස්. 1998. සෞන්දර්ය විද්‍යාවේ ඉතිහාසය. එස්. ගොඩගේ.
5. සුරවීර. ඒ. වී. කලාව යනු කුමක්ද.
6. ගම්ලත් එස්. සහ බාලසූරිය. 1986. කල්පනා ලෝකවාදය. සාහිත්‍ය කලා මාක්ස්වාදය - චතුර ප්‍රකාශන.
7. විජේගුණසිංහ පී. 1982. සාහිත්‍ය භෞතිකවාදී අධ්‍යයනයක්. සංනිවේදන ප්‍රකාශන.

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