Ingratiation from the Renaissance to the Present: The Art and Ethics of Gaining Favor. By Jeff Diamond.Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2017. Pp. xviii+216. $100.00 (cloth); $95.00 (e-book).

2019 ◽  
Vol 91 (1) ◽  
pp. 152-154
Author(s):  
Brian J. Maxson
Keyword(s):  
Art And Ethics

scholarly journals Art, the Artist and Ethics in Wilde's Picture of Dorian Gray

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Zrinka Frleta
Keyword(s):  
The Novel ◽  
Work Of Art ◽  
Picture Of Dorian Gray ◽  
Dorian Gray ◽  
Art For Art's Sake ◽  
Art And Ethics

This paper examines ideological and philosophical premises of aestheticism, presented in Wilde's critical essays (The Critic as Artist and The Decay of Lying), and epigrams in the preface to the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, which both offer a philosophical context to the novel. Aestheticism emphasized that art can not be subordinated to moral, social, religious and didactic goals, because its ultimate goal is art itself, l'art pour l'art (art for art's sake). „Art never expresses anything but itself.“ „All bad art comes from returning to Life and Nature, and elevating them into ideals.“ „Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life.“ „Lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things, is the proper aim of Art.“ (Wilde, 1891). The relations between art and reality (concealment of reality) and art and ethics (an ethical function of art) have been explored through the interaction of the characters of Basil Hallward and Sibyl Vane with Dorian Gray. The paper also examines the role of the artist, his morality in the process of creating and experiencing the work, and the influence of the work of art on the artist himself/herself.

Images and Power: Rock Art and Ethics by Polly Schaafsma

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-85
Author(s):  
Jack W. Brink
Keyword(s):  
Rock Art ◽  
Art And Ethics
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