Aesthetics

I learned about art to everyday life is analyzing posters about certain films in movie theaters, viewing political cartoons on TIME magazine, and seeing Greek architecture in the buildings of Washington D.C. Using terms of art, understanding the aesthetics, and synthesizing quotes from the readings to an art or film, will continue for me as I view other works of art. As I previously mentioned before, art is more liberating then mystifying due to the relaxing experiencing I had in the National…

from the object to its reproduction”, which is why photographs were regarded unconsciously as exact replications of the world (8). However, Irregular Desert by Vija Clemins and Untitled #153 by Cindy Shermans challenges Bazin position by producing aesthetic…

“Functionalism – by all means is a strictly modern phenomenon but actually originates in classical antiquity” Giving the prodigious sense of a security but very different from that which is attained by the seeming immobility of the mass and weight of masonry. Concluded as one of the dominant successes of Woolworth, all will agree, it is an accomplishment of ‘scale’. Which assuming that the help of transformation the skyline of the city can be somehow added to the functions presumably from the…

The text follows the model described by Silverblatt et al. (2009) as well as the Disney mold. The aesthetic merits are consistent with other Disney princess fairytales, especially with sound. Songs, music, and sound effects not only add emotion to the Disney texts but also tell the story. The dim, chiaroscuro lighting in action and scary scenes is similar…

painted, or drawn. However, I strongly believe that “art” is much more than just that. As the authors in our textbook have stated, “something becomes art when its purely utilitarian or functional nature is modified for the purpose of enhancing its aesthetic qualities and thus making it more pleasurable to our senses.” (Peoples and Bailey, Pg.345). The point they are trying to get across is that anything we do to make something more appealing to us is considered to be art. Some things that fall…

In “Behold the Stone Age,” Robert Hughes explores the broader definition of art in the light of the discovery of Cro-Magnon cave art near Avignon. The caves are filled with untouched Paleolithic wall paintings that evoke aesthetic exclamations as great because it’s virgin and intact. Hughes, however, says these discoveries raise “unsettled questions” about when, how, and why these early humans created art. Through Hughes’ use of historical evidence and expert testimonies, we explore the possible…

Eric Whitacre is a contemporary choral composer who is known for his unique compositions that utilize harmonies as well as dissonance. The particular piece that I had a wonderful aesthetic experience with is Hope, Faith, Life, Love. This beautiful song has a total of eight words which are Hope, Faith, Life, Love, Dream, Joy, and Truth. These words are the first and last four words of a longer poem by E.E. Cummings. The beauty of this piece lays in three different places, E.E. Cummings poetry,…

representation has a higher value than other forms of art that respond to different functions and needs. There are four main ways of approaching the relation of science and art, three primarily historical, the fourth pertaining more to philosophy, aesthetics and psychology. These…

There seems to be an assumption that architecture has to be grand, but could architecture be a mundane structure? However, what comes to mind when someone thinks of architecture? Architecture is such an obscure term, that people determine the definition of architecture is various ways. Is the Eiffel Tower? How about the Great Wall of China? Or what about a Barnes & Noble? The last question could throw someone off. This essay considers texts from Rybczynski and Goldberger to look at Barnes &…

Photography was invented as a way of documentation and has evolved into an artistic means of expression. Photographers such as Alexey Brodovitch and Philip Trager both experimented with conveyed motion and using negative space in photography. Both artists were confronted with a constantly changing world and society and chose dance as a way to express motion, evanescence, and tell a story. Both focused in on the use of color and negative space to communicate something more. Alexey Brodovitch was…