Your Paper Assignment Resources -- Isenberg Article

One student reported problems accessing the paper materials on Blackboard. I checked and found them intact on my system, but just in case, here is the link to the *.pdf file of the Isenberg article.

The Anti-Generalist Argument in View of the Painting

Note the terms "V" for Verdict; "N" for Norm; "R" for Reason, etc.

Isenberg's Anti-Generalist Article - 2nd page

Look at the logic behind the judgment about the overall worth of the painting because of the existence of the "wave" in the foreground of the painting.

Isenberg's Anti-Generalist Article

In a ground-breaking article, "Critical Communication," Arnold Isenberg argues against the existence of shared, general aesthetic properties. In doing so, he looks at a standard critical evaluation by a noted critic (Goldshieder) and then questions the logic behind this generalist evaluation. This article is available on our Blackboard site under Course Documents Week 4.

Read this article! (Quotes from the 1st of two crucial pages appear here. Look for the second page on the next posting.)