Aesthetics and ethics: Beauty and evil: the case of Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will

摘要: Leni Riefenstahl's documentary of the 1934 Nuremberg rally National Socialist German Workers' Party, Triumph Will , is perhaps most controversial film ever made. At once masterful and morally repugnant, this deeply troubling epitomizes a general problem that arises with art. It both beautiful evil. I shall argue it conjunction beauty evil explains why so disturbing. My aim in essay to explore relationship use examination particular case as way investigating more Having looked at detail, want draw some broader conclusions about inadequacy usual solution art suggest direction we should move develop an account aesthetic value rich enough handle cases difficult . main philosophical, but have turn concrete matters before taking up philosophical issues. will briefly describe historical background circumstances which was produced (Section II). also provide sense itself, is, its artistic strategy how contributes film's overall effect III).