The Aesthetic and Moral Problems Concerning Art

Duration: 28

Year Published: 1955

Creator: Dr. Mortimer J. Adler Dr. Lloyd D. Luckmann; WNET/13

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Description: In the concluding program on this subject, Dr. Adler deals with the two general considerations of aesthetics and ethics. On the side of aesthetics, he draws a comparison between beauty in art and beauty in nature. He also deals with the problem of intellectual and moral content of art, the consideration of freedom of the arts, and concludes by comparing the importance in human life of producing as opposed to appreciating works of art.

Complete Record: Discusses the good and bad in works of art in terms of moral implications. Shows the differences between imitation and creation in art. Shows examples of art which combine both realism and abstraction. States that the fine artist has something to say which must be understood from his point of view. (Palmer Films) Kinescope.

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