Chapter 8: What Is the Relationship between Aesthetics and Ethics?

8.1 Joe, N.Y.C. (Rubber), Robert Mapplethorpe, 1978, photograph.


8.2 The Holy Virgin Mary, Chris Ofili, 1996, acrylic, oil, polyester resin, paper collage, glitter, map pins, and elephant dung on canvas.


8.3 Shoot, Chris Burden, 1974, performance.


8.4 747, Chris Burden, 1973, performance.


8.5 Rhythm 0, Marina Abramović, 1974, performance.


8.6 Immediate Family, Sally Mann, website.


8.7 The Umbrellas, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, 1991, installation.


8.8 Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn, Ai Weiwei, 1995, performance, photography.


8.9 Love Is in the Bin, Banksy, 2018, art intervention.


8.10 160 cm Line Tattooed on Four People, Santiago Sierra, 2000, images.


8.11 Io sono (I am), Salvatore Garau, 2021.


8.12 Take the Money and Run, Jens Haaning, 2021.


8.13 Tilted Arc, Richard Serra, 1981, steel sculpture.


8.14 Midnight Cowboy (trailer), John Schlesinger, 1969, film.


8.15 Y Tu Mamá También (trailer), Alfonso Cuarón, 2001, film.


8.16 Boogie Nights (trailer), Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997, film.


8.17 Eyes Wide Shut (trailer), Stanley Kubrick, 1999, film.


8.18 Gone with the Wind, Victor Fleming, 1939, film.


8.19 Jezebel (trailer), William Wyler, 1938, film.


8.20 The Passion of the Christ, Mel Gibson, 2004, film.


8.21 Olympia, Édouard Manet, 1863, oil on canvas.


8.22 David, Michelangelo, 1501–04, Carrara marble.


8.23 The Story of Michelangelo’s David, website.


8.24 White Painting, Robert Rauschenberg, 1951, oil on canvas.


8.25 Abstract Painting, Ad Reinhardt, 1963, oil on canvas.


8.26 A Clockwork Orange (trailer), Stanley Kubrick, 1971, film.