web02.fireside.fm Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:45:14 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Weird Studies - Episodes Tagged with “Beauty” https://www.weirdstudies.com/tags/beauty Thu, 13 Jun 2024 21:00:00 -0400 Professor Phil Ford and writer J. F. Martel host a series of conversations on art and philosophy, dwelling on ideas that are hard to think and art that opens up rifts in what we are pleased to call "reality." en-us episodic Art and philosophy at the limits of the thinkable Phil Ford and J. F. Martel Professor Phil Ford and writer J. F. Martel host a series of conversations on art and philosophy, dwelling on ideas that are hard to think and art that opens up rifts in what we are pleased to call "reality." yes weird, art, philosophy Phil Ford and J. F. Martel admin@weirdstudies.com Episode 171: The Beauty and the Horror https://www.weirdstudies.com/171 a3abe72c-59d9-4c73-b354-2409eb07a50d Thu, 13 Jun 2024 21:00:00 -0400 Phil Ford and J. F. Martel 171 The Beauty and the Horror full Phil Ford and J. F. Martel JF and Phil discuss the interplay between beauty and horror in art, examining how each enhances the other. 1:08:58 yes <p>This week on Weird Studies, Phil and JF explore the intersections of the beautiful and the terrible in art and literature. There is a conventional beauty that calms and placates, and there is a radical beauty which, taking horror’s pale-gloved hand, gives up all pretense to permanence and fixity and joins the <em>danse macabre</em> of our endless becoming. This episode is a preamble to a five-week course of lectures and discussions starting June 20th on Weirdosphere, JF and Phil’s new online learning platform. For more information and to enroll in The Beauty and the Horror, visit <a href="http://www.weirdosphere.org" rel="nofollow noopener">www.weirdosphere.org</a>.</p> <p><strong>REFERENCES</strong></p> <p>JF Martel, <em><a href="https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/j-f-martel/reclaiming-art-in-the-age-of-artifice/9781668640289/?lens=basic-books" rel="nofollow noopener">Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice</a></em>, the audiobook, with a new introduction written and read by Donna Tartt. <br> Denis Villeneuve, <em><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15239678/" rel="nofollow noopener">Dune: Part Two</a></em> <br> William Blake, <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43687/the-tyger" rel="nofollow noopener">“The Tyger”</a> <br> Junichiro Tanizaki, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780918172020" rel="nofollow noopener">In Praise of Shadows</a></em> <br> Steven Spielberg, <em><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082971/" rel="nofollow noopener">Raiders of the Lost Ark</a></em> <br> Walter Pater, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781604597042" rel="nofollow noopener">The Renaissance</a></em> <br> David Lynch, <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4093826/" rel="nofollow noopener">Twin Peaks: The Return</a> <br> Anna Aikin, <a href="https://biblioklept.org/2018/10/25/on-the-pleasure-derived-from-objects-of-terror-anna-letitia-aikin/" rel="nofollow noopener">“On the Pleasure Derived from Objects of Terror</a> <br> Donna Tartt, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781400031702" rel="nofollow noopener">The Secret History</a></em> <br> Keiji Nishitani, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780520049468" rel="nofollow noopener">Religion and Nothingness</a></em> <br> Charles Baudelaire, <a href="https://fleursdumal.org/poem/231" rel="nofollow noopener">“Le Voyage”</a> <br> Franz Schubert, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_Quartet_No._14_(Schubert)" rel="nofollow noopener">“Death and the Maiden” Quartet</a> <br> Franz Schubert, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_Sonata_in_C_major,_D_840_(Schubert)" rel="nofollow noopener">Piano Sonata in C major, D. 840</a> <br> J.R.R. Tolkein, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780547928227" rel="nofollow noopener">The Hobbit</a></em> </p> beauty, horror, literature, film, symbolism This week on Weird Studies, Phil and JF explore the intersections of the beautiful and the terrible in art and literature. There is a conventional beauty that calms and placates, and there is a radical beauty which, taking horror’s pale-gloved hand, gives up all pretense to permanence and fixity and joins the danse macabre of our endless becoming. This episode is a preamble to a five-week course of lectures and discussions starting June 20th on Weirdosphere, JF and Phil’s new online learning platform. For more information and to enroll in The Beauty and the Horror, visit www.weirdosphere.org.

REFERENCES

JF Martel, Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice, the audiobook, with a new introduction written and read by Donna Tartt.
Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part Two
William Blake, “The Tyger”
Junichiro Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows
Steven Spielberg, Raiders of the Lost Ark
Walter Pater, The Renaissance
David Lynch, Twin Peaks: The Return
Anna Aikin, “On the Pleasure Derived from Objects of Terror
Donna Tartt, The Secret History
Keiji Nishitani, Religion and Nothingness
Charles Baudelaire, “Le Voyage”
Franz Schubert, “Death and the Maiden” Quartet
Franz Schubert, Piano Sonata in C major, D. 840
J.R.R. Tolkein, The Hobbit

]]> This week on Weird Studies, Phil and JF explore the intersections of the beautiful and the terrible in art and literature. There is a conventional beauty that calms and placates, and there is a radical beauty which, taking horror’s pale-gloved hand, gives up all pretense to permanence and fixity and joins the danse macabre of our endless becoming. This episode is a preamble to a five-week course of lectures and discussions starting June 20th on Weirdosphere, JF and Phil’s new online learning platform. For more information and to enroll in The Beauty and the Horror, visit www.weirdosphere.org.

REFERENCES

JF Martel, Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice, the audiobook, with a new introduction written and read by Donna Tartt.
Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part Two
William Blake, “The Tyger”
Junichiro Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows
Steven Spielberg, Raiders of the Lost Ark
Walter Pater, The Renaissance
David Lynch, Twin Peaks: The Return
Anna Aikin, “On the Pleasure Derived from Objects of Terror
Donna Tartt, The Secret History
Keiji Nishitani, Religion and Nothingness
Charles Baudelaire, “Le Voyage”
Franz Schubert, “Death and the Maiden” Quartet
Franz Schubert, Piano Sonata in C major, D. 840
J.R.R. Tolkein, The Hobbit

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