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592Against Raunchy Women's ArtIn Curtis Carter (ed.), Art and Social Change, International Association For Aesthetics. pp. 56-72. 2009.This article criticizes what I call "Raunchy" feminist art by employing discussions of pornography and objectification from Eaton and Nussbaum. Artists considered include Carolee Schneeman, Cindy Sherman, Lisa Yuskavage, and Jenny Saville. The article includes by citing examples of feminist art dealing with erotic material in a more productive manner: Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Kiki Smith, and Marlene Dumas.
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40The Greeks on Pleasure J. C. B. Gosling, C. C. W. Taylor: The Greeks on Pleasure. Pp. xii + 497. Oxford University Press, 1982. £ 22.50 (review)The Classical Review 35 (01): 77-79. 1985.
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248Portraits in painting and photographyPhilosophical Studies 135 (1). 2007.This article addresses the portrait as a philosophical form of art. Portraits seek to render the subjective objectively visible. In portraiture two fundamental aims come into conflict: the revelatory aim of faithfulness to the subject, and the creative aim of artistic expression. In the first part of my paper, studying works by Rembrandt, I develop a typology of four different things that can be meant when speaking of an image’s power to show a person: accuracy, testimony of presence, emotional …Read more
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19Commentary on ModrakProceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium of Ancient Philosophy 2 (1): 237-241. 1986.
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23The laboratory creation scene in Branagh’s film is brilliant….Even more frenzied and overwrought than Whale’s, Branagh’s creation scene is filmed with dozens of quick cuts, each shot full of movement across the frame. Victor races along his attic hall, cape flying before he discards it to appear bare-chested and vigorous. While pulleys move, bottles clank, and blue volts of electricity rise in glass Tesla tubes, the naked body on the gurney is raised into a copper vat. Electric eels dispense the…Read more
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20On Being Stereoblind in an Era of 3D MoviesEssays in Philosophy 13 (2): 550-576. 2012.I happen to have a visual impairment known as strabismus, which means that the information from my eyes is not successfully fused in my brain, so I lack stereoscopic vision. Hence I was surprised to find I could see some depth effects of recent 3D films such as Wim Wenders’s Pina. This experience has prompted me to explore both further information about binocular vision and various disputes about the aesthetic merits of 3D films. My paper takes up the following topics: (1) a review of informatio…Read more
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63Art theory: a very short introductionOxford University Press. 2001.This work discusses blood, beauty, culture, money, sex, web sites, and research on the brain's role in perceiving art.
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2Horror and reality: The slasher's blood lustIn Steven Jay Schneider & Daniel Shaw (eds.), Dark Thoughts: Philosophic Reflections on Cinematic Horror, Scarecrow Press. 2003.
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44Woman: Revealed Or Reveiled?Hypatia 1 (2): 49-70. 1986.My aim is to examine Lacan's views on women's sexuality and desire in general. I use Hawthorne's novel The Blithedale Romance to supply a concrete narrative context in which to understand Lacan's two modes of femininity: the "veiled lady" and the "phallic masquerader."I criticize Lacan for holding (like Hawthorne) an essentially Romantic picture of the Ideal Woman who achieves happiness or peace outside the male/phallic sphere of activity and strife.
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37PhilosophersThe Philosophers' Magazine 55 (55): 52-59. 2011.“The contents of a photograph are not facts, nor reality, nor truth. They are a means we have created to extend our way of seeing on a search for truth.”
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648Feminist Frameworks for Horror FilmsIn Noel Carroll & David Bordwell (eds.), Post-Theory: Reconstructing Film Studies, University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 195--218. 1996.The horizon for feminists studying horror films appears bleak. Since _Psycho_'s infamous shower scene, the big screen has treated us to Freddie's long razor-nails emerging between Nancy's legs in the bathtub (_A Nightmare on Elm Street I_), De Palma's exhibitionist heroine being power-drilled into the floor (_Body Double_), and Leather-face hanging women from meat hooks (_The Texas Chain Saw Massacre_). Even in a film with a strong heroine like _Alien_, any feminist point is qualified by the mon…Read more
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162But is it art?: an introduction to art theoryOxford University Press. 2001.From Andy Warhol's Brillo boxes to provocative dung-splattered madonnas, in today's art world many strange, even shocking, things are put on display. This often leads exasperated viewers to exclaim--is this really art? In this invaluable primer on aesthetics, Freeland explains why innovation and controversy are so highly valued in art, weaving together philosophy and art theory with many engrossing examples. Writing clearly and perceptively, she explores the cultural meanings of art in different…Read more
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19The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Film edited by livingston, paisley and carl plantingaJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 68 (3): 301-303. 2010.
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The Slasher's Blood LustIn Steven Jay Schneider & Daniel Shaw (eds.), Dark Thoughts: Philosophic Reflections on Cinematic Horror, Scarecrow Press. pp. 198--211. 2003.
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Re-Reading the Canon: Feminist Readings on Aristotle (edited book)Pennsylvania State University Press. 1998.
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5Share the FantasyIn Fritz Allhoff, Jessica Wolfendale & Jeanette Kennett (eds.), Fashion - Philosophy for Everyone: Thinking with Style, Wiley. pp. 70--87. 2011.
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University of HoustonDepartment of Philosophy
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Aesthetics |
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |
Areas of Interest
Aesthetics |
Social and Political Philosophy |
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |