Episode #95: Elizabeth - the non-commodity, transcendent power of art

talkPOPc Participant Elizabeth talks with talkPOPc Resident Philosopher Dr. Martin Nitsche, Chair of the Department of Contemporary Continental Philosophy at the Institute of Philosophy at the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague talks about the non-commodity, transcendent power of art during our summer public philosophy event in Bryant Park.Timestamps:00:10: Introductions01:05: Renaissance, the arts, and what it makes us feel. Like we're in heaven, a connection to divinity03:05: The aura of Art. Does the divine aura banish negative feelings/emotions?05:25: Mona Lisa, Mother Mary and the religious feeling. Is it the ambiguous smile that strikes us?07:40: Mona Lisa's new security detail. Tourists, cell phones and Mona Lisa's smile10:20: Walter Benjamin, the origin of art, and the aura stripped away from modern art11:45: Photographs are flat. Missing the 3rd dimension takes something away from the art experience. Yet paintings create space14:00: Watching, seeing, creating art. All help with creating a space for thinking. Religion and Art are connected16:30: Recent artists, Yoko Ono. Pretty good! 17:40: Street Art. Does it elicit the same intensity of the Mona Lisa? 80% says our guestSupport the showWebsite: talkpopc.orgInstagram: @talkpopcEmail: [email protected]