Ethique et esthétique de la nature dans l'art et la littérature du 18e siècle/Ethics and Aesthetics in 18th century art and literature

3 credits · Graduate

In this seminar students will examine, on the one hand, theoretical writings dealing with the aesthetics of nature, and, on the other hand, the ethics of virtue and the vogue of sensibilité as reflected in selected 18th century literary texts (poetry, novel, short stories, traits ) and in art (painting, landscape architecture).