In:
Philosophiques, Consortium Erudit, Vol. 23, No. 1 ( 2007-08-07), p. 67-79
Abstract:
A central problem in the discussion about the relation between Ethic and Aesthetic is the question of violence. This question follows two paths in the text. The first one debates the determinated aspects in Francis Bacon painting, the way art represents violence. On that matter, we draw up the thesis that the ethical provocation in his painting don't stand (only) upon the representation of violence but also his tryptic creates an aesthetical indifference and even a pleasure. The second part questions the ethical effects of the aesthetical pleasure in front of violence. The aristotelien catharsis theory is therefore proposed as a model of an "economy of the difference" that allows the elucidation of the relation between aesthetical pleasure and ethical judgment.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1492-1391
,
0316-2923
Language:
French
Publisher:
Consortium Erudit
Publication Date:
2007
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2130274-1
SSG:
5,1
