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Art and Thinking
"An International Conference on the Philosophy of Art"

What is Art?
What is the nature of beauty?
How can man understand and appreciate a work of art? Throughout the history, thinkers have always been preoccupied with these and many other questions and have tried to provide answers according to their tastes and time. Although the answers to these questions have no direct relation to the creation of artistic works, but the reflection on them will shed some light on epoches and the schools of art. It seems that the endeavours of the contemporary artists would never approach new horizons. One of the reasons of this failure seems to be the separation of artistic activity from speculative thinking. Therefore, an acquaintance with the history of philosophy of art and its theoretical principles can bring about a historical consciousness of previous artistic experiences and aesthetics schools. Hence, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art is going to hold an International Conference on the Philosophy of Art, under the four main topics as given below:

Aesthetics Problems
History of Philosophy of Art (from ancient Greece to the present time)
Metaphysics (Theosophy) of the Islamic Art
Metaphysics (Theosophy) of the Oriental Art (India, China, and Japan)

Title	Date

Problems of Aesthetics: Some preliminary Remarks on the Meaning of Art and it’s Historical Development Aesthetics, Art and Techné. Perception of Aesthetic.	8 Oct. 2000

Problems of Aesthetics: Relation of Art and Truth. Artistic Creation (poesis) and Subject-Object Dichotomy.	9 Oct. 2000

Problems of Aesthetics: Symetry, Harmony, and Proportion in Art works. Understanding and Interpretation of Art work: Aesthetic Attitudes. Interrelation between Spiritual Virtues and Artistic Manners.	10 Oct. 2000

Philosophy of Art in Ancient Greece: Pre-Socrates Thinkers: Homer, Hesiodus, Democritus, Parmenides, Heraclitus, Pythagoras, Plato…	16 Oct. 2000

Aristotle. Panel on "The Relations between Greek Thought and Art"	23 Oct. 2000

Philosophy of Art in The Roman Period: Plotinus Panel on "The Relations between Roman Thought and Art"	30 Oct. 2000

Christian Philosophy of Art in the Middle Ages: St. Augustin St. Thomas Aquinas	6 Nov. 2000

Christian Mysticism and Art: Meister Eckhart, Jacob Böhme, ... Panel on "The Relations between Christian Thought and Medieval Art"	13 Nov. 2000

Philosophy and "Hikmah" (Theosophy) of Art in the Islamic Tradition: Concept, Structure and Branches of "Hikmah". "Hikmah" of the Islamic Art: Definitions	20 Nov. 2000

"Hikmah" (Theosophy) of the Islamic Art: The Meaning of "Beauty" in the Islamic Thoughts, and a Study of the Related Concept such as: "Husn", "Jamal","Baha", ... Interrelation between "Husn", "Beauty", and "Love" and their Manifestations in Art. From and Matter in the Islamic Metaphysics and Their Relations to Art.	27 Nov. 2000

"Hikmah" (Theosophy) of the Islamic Art: "Jalal", "Jamal", Transcendence, Immanence and their Relations to Art. Spiritual Manners in the Islamic Art.	4 Dec. 2000

"Hikmah" (Theosophy) of the Islamic Art: Chronological and Historical Developments of the Islamic Art. Panel on "The Relations between Islamic Thought and Art"	11 Dec. 2000

Art in the far East: Art in Taosim, Buddhism, and Zen. Panel On "The Relations between the Chinese and Japanese Thought and Art"	25 Dec. 2000

Art in India: Art in Vedanta and Sankhya Tradition. Panel on "The Relations between Indian Thought and Art".	1 Jan. 2001

Philosophy of Art in the Renaissance: Renaissance and the turn-over in Aesthetic Attitudes. Panel on "The Relations between Renaissance Thought and Art".	8 Jan. 2001

Philosophy of Art and Aesthetic Theories in the Modern Time: The Influence of Cartesian Epistemology on the Genesis of Modern Aesthetics Theories. Baumgarten's Philosophical Meditations on Art. Herder and Vico.	15 Jan. 2001

British Empiricist philosophers and the problem of Art: Bacon, lock, Hume, ... Kantian Philosophy of Art.	22 Jan. 2001

Philosophy of Art in Romantic Philosophy: Fichte, Schiller, Schelling, Schelegel. Hegelian philosophy of Art.	29 Jan. 2001

Schopenhauer's philosophy of Art. Nietzsche's philosophy of Art.	5 Feb. 2001

Philosophy of Art in the Frankfurt School. Philosophy of Art in Positivism and Neopositivism. Philosophy of Art in Analytic Philosophy. Marxist Philosophy of Art.	12 Feb. 2001

Croce and Gentile's Philosophy of Art. Psychoanalysis and the Problem of Art: Frued, Jung, ... Sociology and the Problem of Art.	19 Feb. 2001

Existentialism and Philosophy of Art. Phenomenology and the Problem of Art.	26 Feb. 2001

Art in the Thought of M. Heidegger. Hermeneutics and the Interpretation of the Art work.	5 Mar. 2001

Art in the Post- Modern Thought. Panel on "The Relations between Modern Thought and Modern Art" General inquiry into the Artistic Schools since Renaissance.	12 Mar. 2001

Language and Expression in Contemporary Art from Malevic till Minimalism Prof : Antonio Passa Director : Rome Academy of Art	26 Feb. 2002
International Conference on Post-Modernism & Contemporary Ar In the ever-changing art scene of the 20th century, which was in a race against time, new styles and schools emerged. (more information . . . )	27 Apr - 1 May 2002