Concepts in aesthetics

What does it mean to be ‘beautiful’? Dictionary.com defines the word beautiful as “having beauty; possessing qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction to see, hear, think about, etc.; delighting the senses or mind.” This definition fits the societal view of beauty. Society will often define beauty as something appealing to the eye, such as a beautiful women; the way she looks on the outside. The way a man gawks over a women around other women will make the other women wish they were as…

I decided to do my essay on Stephen Wiltshire. Stephen is a British Artist who has Autism. He is known for having an amazing memory where he can study a certain area for 10 minutes and make it into a hour painting and have every detail like the actual object or area. Stephen seems normal from the outside but he struggles with autism he struggles with verbally expressing himself. To overcome this with his painting. All paintest speak with their art, people will find meaning behind a photo or…

long enough it loses all its meaning.” On the contrary, art still can convey a clear meaning no matter how many times it is experienced. The time period from the mid-20th century to now especially has spawned a plethora of meaningful visual art. Concepts like consumerism in the 50s to 60s, the Vietnam War in the 70s, and graffiti from the 80s to now all contain art that connects to the past through presenting the culture and attitudes of the past. Take the case of consumerism, an idea that was…

Realism…one of the many aspects artists alike strive for when creating pieces of art. Personally, I’ve taken up many art classes during my time in high school and creating a piece that would give out that “wow” factor that every viewer hopes to experience whilst looking at a piece of art is quite difficult. Sculptors of the past wanted to achieve this very same effect when delivering their sculptures to the general public. During the period of Classical Greece and the Hellenistic period,…

This poem by Philip Levine has a setting in New York at a St. George Hotel. It is a poem written to address the appearance of music in everyday life. Firstly, Levine describes in great detail what he believed the scenery was like back when the song that was playing on the radio was recorded. He describes the scenery such as the bright blue sky. Levine uses Simile multiple times throughout this poem. This can be seen, for instance, in lines 12-15 where Levine says, “Bird could have seen for miles…

Art is ag form of language that everybody can communicate and transfer information through it. It is always controversial to assign a definition to art. The definition of art may varies based on different time periods and cultures. As art grow and develop through time due to interactions between different cultures and artists its definition also changes. On this paper, we are not going to see the definition of art but we will cover how non-western arts influence western-arts and we will compare…

In today’s digital world, photographs are commonly described with rudimentary adjectives such as pretty, beautiful, or other well used terms to depict how they appeal to the viewer. Years ago, when the world appeared to spin a tad slower and life looked as if it were a little less complicated, people had more of an opportunity to look around and not only see, but feel the beauty of Mother Nature. One better known photographer of this time who portrayed not only beauty, but also emotion in his…

Another significant problem during the 1960s for women was the fact that the “perfect body” was idealized by having a small waist, long legs, and a slim body basically considered underweight, but deemed “attractive” that leads to women’s standards escalating, but men’s physical expectations didn’t rise. All women wanted to hold the perfect image; however, it became frustrating when they wouldn’t meet the cultural ideal of the “perfect” body of the “average American model [heighted at] 5' 11" and…

We all think that we have to be perfect, from the way we act to the way we look. But, we need to accept the fact that we will never be perfect because we are not made to be perfect. In American society today, people can be their own worst enemies when it comes to how they feel about their appearance when compared to others; this is due to the unrealistic expectations placed upon people by the media which leads to a lot of issues. The media has caused a lot of body image issues with women,…

The spring crafts conceptions of fertility, beauty, and bliss. People are similar to plants: some are practical, others radiate beauty, while the worst are those that kill. Not all shrubberies are welcome, such as the purple flowers of the Judas tree. These beautiful, yet morbid, flowers should be kept at bay from the hearts of the tender because of their sinister connotation. Theses budding beauties symbolize death or betrayal in literature, as is the example of the character Engino in…