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SUMMARY:Pots\, deception and beauty - Derek Matravers
DTSTART:20131119T131000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Katherine Bowers
DESCRIPTION:In their 1994 book\, Artful Crafts\, Michael Vickers and David
  Gill argue that the value we place on Greek pots stems from a deliberate 
 deception practiced by Sir William Hamilton in the 1770s. Without this dec
 eption\, we might never have found them valuable and (I shall assume) they
  would not have the place in our aesthetic pantheon which they currently o
 ccupy. In short\, we have been conned into seeing them as beautiful. I con
 sider what we should do in response to this\, and also what light this thr
 ows on the nature of beauty.
LOCATION:The Richard King Room\, Darwin College
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