Aesthetics

art, and it’s rejection in philosophy. Within the essay it is also queried how aesthetic judgements are used, and whether a universal agreement needs to be reached for something to hold beauty. When we say something is beautiful, or that it holds aesthetic value, Nehamas questions whether or not this is just personal opinion. Nehamas begins his discussion by introducing us to what an aesthetic judgement is. An aesthetic judgement can take place when we hear, witness, or read a piece of art,…

When art is being processed there exist within the person a sensation of affection, and this affection towards the object is understood as good or bad. When in the instance of good the object is said then to be agreeable or beautiful. The division of which is the topic of this paper, namely that Kant and Bullough outline their distinction of agreeable and beautify, as well as the agreement that when considering art; both agreeable and beauty are two different forms of appreciating art. Art when…

image what they want to see. By choosing mundane objects that are part of the everyday vocabulary of the viewer Duchamp reframes its meaning, forcing the viewer to then reinterpret and examine the object in a new way, outside of it physical or aesthetic attributes. Most of these objects are ones that one would normally examine closely, but the context forces the viewer the viewer to interact with the object in way. He us uses verbal cues and the language of the art world to disturb and…

The power of empire has long rested on the cultural and political Othering (i.e. systematic alienation and/or exclusion) of subordinate groups by dominating imperial forces, and the Romantic aesthetic of beauty necessarily reflects the larger ideological framework of Orientalism and the exotic Other. As first outlined in Edward Said’s seminal 1978 work Orientalism, European conceptions of ‘the East’ have been largely constructed. For example…

One of the artists that helped pushed the movement was a man called Clive Bell, who believed that art should be made with aesthetic emotion and “Significant forms,” instead of Renassiance like artwork. Clive Bell was not only famous for his artwork but also for his critiquing of other artworks that were being made during his era. The ideas of “Significant Forms,” and aesthetic emotions is the pursuit of both his artworks and the Modernism movement that it aids a person to understand why and how…

She considers such similarities as having a moral dimension, an aesthetic value, a shared ancestry with play, an educational benefit, and being autotelic. However, I believe that all of those requirements are too limiting when trying to classify sport as art. Especially when it comes to morality. Reid gives the boxing example of a boxer intentionally losing to win a gamble and concludes, “Morality does have an effect on aesthetic value—in sport as well as art” (Reid, 77). When morality is taken…

this idea of his. He spent years planning his walk from the top of one tower to the top of the other twin tower all along side of some friends that helped him pull off his previous impressive stunts. In this documentary there is plenty of Aesthetic Realism. Aesthetic Realism is the philosophy founded by poet and critic Eli Siegel based on three core principles. The first is the biggest impulse of…

preach the aesthetic and ethical mode of life. “A” is driven by boredom. All his actions are driven by the need to stimulate pleasure and avoid monotony. Ethics and consistency drive the philosophy of Judge William. These ways of life couldn’t be anymore different. However,…

questions. Although we have known the term “art” probably since we are in kindergarten, many of us neglect the profoundness of this simple term. Dean starts off by pointing out that “art” is an ambiguous term because of the differences in people’s aesthetic. Viewers from another geographic region might misinterpret artist’s intention for his…

108). Kamakura era Buddhism brings new medieval aesthetics and continues…