invitation to a philosophy talk

The CEU Department of Philosophy cordially invites you to a talk by John Hyman (University of Oxford ) on Art and Reality Tuesday, 4 March, 4.30 PM, Zrinyi 14, Room 412 ABSTRACT When we survey the main theoretical writings about art from the twentieth century, both by art historians and by philosophers, one of the dominant themes is a kind of scepticism about representation in art, or at least about the idea that representation in art can reveal the world to us, as it is in reality, independently of the conventions and local perspectives that limit and control art, as they limit and control the whole of human life. I shall examine how changing ideas about the relationship between art and reality have affected the historical understanding of a particular episode in the history of art, the transformation of Greek art from the mid-sixth to the mid-fourth century BC. Kriszta Biber Department Coordinator Philosophy Department Tel: 36-1-327-3806 Fax: 36-1-327-3072 E-mail: biberk(a)ceu.hu