Concepts in aesthetics

Seen throughout various instances, individuals often envy those who have more money than themselves. This concept is clearly depicted in Edwin Arlington Robinson’s “Richard Cory”, as well as Paul Simon’s remake of that poem into a song also titled “Richard Cory”. The poem and the song are essentially about a rich man named Richard Cory, who is admired yet envied by the people of his town. Little do they know that later on, the man will take his own life, even though he was sought out to have the…

A prime example of what Nietzsche’s arguments and metaphors are referring to is mankind’s concept of time. There is always debate on whether time is a construct by humanity for the sake of convenience or if time is something that exists outside of our own personal perception of it. Like his concept of declaring something a mammal as bringing a truth to a limited light, we have declared time as something we can measure and perceive intelligently…

she is reading, which should help her fluency and comprehension. Another factor that Imani seemed to struggle with was inferencing. Inferencing is when you determine a fact or idea based on your life experiences. Imai seemed to struggle with this concept. In…

Making a video for marketing project can be difficult: getting students to participate, having a crystal clear concept to make an effective ad etc. Last year, I took a marketing management course where our teacher assigned the students a class project; the class project was about making a presentation and ad, coming up with our own brand name and packaging. Since it was a mega project for the whole class, it was difficult for everyone to even where to start from. Our teacher did give some hints…

Concept analysis means to define the condition of the science surrounding a concept of benefit. Concept analysis is interested in scientific literature. It does not consider fantasy, imagination, or interview information (Hupcey & Penrod, 2005). According to Penrod and Hupcey (2005), “concept analysis focuses on the integration of what is known. Concept advancement techniques actually move the state of the science forward through synthesis of new insight” (p. 233). Concept analysis concentrates…

In American culture, aesthetic beauty, especially when it concerns women and their faces, are highly valued. In Lucy Grealy’s memoir, Autobiography of a Face, she examines and criticizes society’s excessive emphasis of impossible beauty standards, and how such ideas can negatively impact a young girl’s self-esteem. She tells the story of how her disfigurement in her lower right jaw caused by cancer brought her into an unending life of bullying, weariness from failed surgical procedures, and…

to become one with nature (as we will discover later in the final stanza of the poem). Shelley’s approach to nature is opposed to William Wordsworth because the latter conceives nature as a source of inspiration, whereas for Shelley nature is the aesthetic beauty…

detectable by the viewer: like the tricks of a magician, the montage must be transparent, a simple tool creating effects that must not be seen by the viewer. In this acceptation, montage helps by creating an illusion of reality. Reacting and refuting the concept of a make-believe reality, French essayist and film critic Andre Bazin stated that some basic rules should be applied in terms of montage to ensure authenticity. These rules were developed by Bazin in a text called Forbidden montage…

means of public expression, or any bridge back into ethical and political life,’ and thus, she ‘pines away in consumption and dies’ (Rose, 1993: 178). Concentrating on the image of the beautiful soul, Rose explains how this becomes Walter Benjamin’s concept of ‘dialectics at a standstill’ (Rose: 1993). For the beautiful soul ‘bears no fruit – her body disintegrates, her soul swells – and she returns in death…

When looking up the definition of the word ‘beauty’, there were many aberrant choices to use, but a specific one caught my eye. The Google dictionary defines beauty as ‘a combination of qualities, such as shape, color, or form that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight’. When reading through that definition, hopefully one could infer that it does not sound right. Notice how the definition states nothing of congenial behavior or…