Podcast Episodes featuring Carolyn Korsmeyer

Carolyn Korsmeyer, “Savoring Disgust: The Foul and the Fair in Aesthetics” (Oxford UP, 2011)

New Books Network - September 14, 2011 18:42 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 123 ratings
Today’s podcast features a book about disgusting art – that is, art that deliberately aims to cause disgust. While aesthetic judgments regarding the value, or not, of artworks have historically been tied to the notion of beauty, there are plenty of works of art and genres of art that succeed aest...