Until this year, I feel that I used the word beautiful and aesthetic too lightly. This reflection came after I learned about couple of philosophers and their theories. I felt as if I was using the word without truly understanding what these words embody. One of the reasons I felt this way about my past judgement is because I have always tried to identify why I like this work, what works compositionally, and whether it follows the standard of aesthetics we learn in principles of design or such. I always looked for the golden rule, colour harmony, and how elements and principles of design worked together. I learned about Hume and I did not agree with his idea that there are higher people who can make aesthetic judgements and that we must follow their guidelines and rules; I did not agree with this but I was following it. I felt the need to re-establish whether all the things I’ve called beautiful were actually beautiful after I studied other philosophers and their philosophy. I made trips to the ROM Chihuly Exhibit and AGO Mystical Landscape Exhibit, trying to experience something we call an aesthetic experience, trying to experience beauty and sublime and hopefully make an aesthetic judgement. Upon this trip I realized that I find beauty in light, reflection, and human attempt at natural things. When I went back to my notes couple days later I realized that a lot of my thoughts can be explained and be related mostly by philosophies of Sir Edmund Burke, Immanuel Kant and
Beauty is often measured on the appearance and the aesthetic value of art. Often this is the case. Beauty can be on the outside and many artworks do this extremely well. However, what about the beauty on the inside or the beauty in the story behind it? Beauty in our modern world looks beyond the inside and sees only the outside beauty. People idolize "beautiful" people because that is what society is doing. Not only in people, but also
The question of beauty has been asked since the beginning of time and yet there is still no precise answer. When discussing this same question and applying it to works of art a number of answers could be as large as the population. Henri Matisse and Francis Bacon have both inspired artists for generations and are considered to be opposite sides of the coin. Matisse created paintings with bright, happy colors mixing in patterns and showed life as it was viewed from the outside, leading to the idea that he created pretty paintings. On the other hand, Bacon produced intense paintings which included rich, dark colors that expressed the agony that can only be viewed from within oneself. When the viewer immerses themselves in both styles of painting it will be clear that art does not need to “be pretty”.
Aestheticism was a popular dogma in the late 1800s that centered on the belief that art should exist for beauty alone. This doctrine is defined as an “exaggerated devotion to art, music, or poetry, with indifference to practical matters” and “the acceptance of artistic beauty and taste as a fundamental standard, ethical and other standards being secondary” (“Aestheticism,” def. 1 and 2). In Oscar Wilde’s sole novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, aestheticism is a fashionable belief accepted by society at the time. Oscar Wilde uses the moral deterioration and ultimate destruction of Dorian Gray in The Picture of Dorian Gray to emphasize the negative effects of society’s preoccupation with aesthetics and offer a moral for the reader.
As evidence for the basis of judgments and decisions, evaluated in my own reports and records, I need to show that I accurately and clearly record the judgements and decisions and evidence on which the judgements have been based and where judgement is based on informed opinion. I do record other evidence and reports which support my judgements and decisions and conflict with my judgements and decisions. It is as well very important to clarify events and decisions.
It is unfortunate that we live in a society that places such a great emphasis and consideration towards the aesthetics of beauty. What is more
In a 2014 TedTalk titled “Why Your Worst Deeds Don’t Define You”, former prison inmate Shaka Senghor depicts his journey and transformation before, during and after being sentenced to prison for murder. In the inspirational lecture, Senghor tells his listeners that at the age of 17, he was shot three times on the corner of the street in Detroit, Michigan. After a hospital visit and years of lack of support and counseling from the traumatic incident, Senghor found himself bitter and angry. Reacting hyper violently to this lack of support caused by his trauma, Senghor ended up selling illegal drugs on street corners, engaging in criminal activity, and eventually, shooting and killing a man at the age of 19. When Shaka was sentenced to prison, his violent and criminal behavior only worsened. After getting caught selling smuggled drugs in the prison, he was sent to solitary confinement. While in solitary confinement he received a letter from his son that would start his transformation from criminal to civilian, and change the course of his life entirely. Serving the rest of his sentence, Senghor began to turn his life around. He shared his story with other inmates who consoled him and taught him to be honest with himself and those around him. He read literature which allowed him to contemplate and analyze the decisions that led him to where he was. He wrote a journal of his struggles, allowing him to admit his mistakes and move on from them. He even found someone he loved, who
Aesthetics is defined as “the branch of philosophy dealing with such notions as the beautiful,the ugly, the sublime, the comic, etc., as applicable to the fine arts,with a view to establishing the meaning and validity of critical judgments concerning works of art, and the principles underlying or justifying such judgments”(Webster.) It is closely related to the philosophy of art, which determines how individual works are interpreted. Aesthetics not only examine the nature and value of art, but also examine the reaction that an individual or group has to such arts. As previously mentioned aesthetics is the philosophical study of beauty and taste, the attractive and the none, the beautiful and the ugly. It can be difficult to categorize and match objects and expressions into those two broad categories because it is possible for one to observe aesthetics from different angles.
Traditionally, the physician was expected to use all of their talents and training in an effort to save the life of their patient, no matter the odds. More recently, the physician’s role has been redefined to preserve the autonomy of the patient. Now physicians must give life saving care only in so far and to the degree desirous of the competent patient.
The aesthetic definition of art describes art as a 'vehicle ' (Carroll, 1999) for aesthetic experience. Therefore art is only really an artwork if it triggers aesthetic responses and experiences for its audience. In other words, art is defined through aesthetics; and aesthetic experiences. There are a number of crucial elements which must be explained in order to account for the plausibility of the aesthetic definition of art. This essay will outline these key points, and arguments for and against these elements; in conjunction with examples from the text 'Persuasion ' by Jane Austen (1998) to illustrate why this
Ignorance is the act of being unaware. This is evident in Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, and also in the two articles, “The Lynching of Emmett Till,” by Chris Crowe, and “Man Guilty of Murder in Texas Dragging Death", by Rick Lyman. In To Kill a Mockingbird, there are many examples of ignorance, such as Scout's ignorance, or the racist tendencies of Maycomb County residents. In the Emmett Till article, there is evidence of ignorance in the way Till doesn't understand the "southern way of life", and the overall acquittal of his murder. In the Texas Dragging news report, the racist ways of the murderer, John King, are considered a form of ignorance. Ignorance leads to to the unjust judgment of others.
Delaina Storey Pope Huma 1315 February 2, 2016 Enneads 1.6 by Plotinus Summary In Volume 6 of Enneads, the Greek philosopher Plotinus gives his standpoint on what defines beauty. This passage is noteworthy because of the way it contradicts the aesthetics of his day and age.
They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. As stated in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Poetic Principle," a concept of beauty can only be achieved through the use of emotion, an "excitement of the soul," a necessary element to any worthwhile poem (Poe 8). Poe's fascination with the mystery of death and the afterlife are often clearly rooted in his poems and provide a basis for himself and the reader to truly experience his concept of beauty. Although also a believer in portraying beauty through poetry, Ralph Waldo Emerson found beauty to be eminent in nature and all things created by the Oversoul. Beauty for Emerson is not an idea or unknown, it is visible all around him.
believe that I am unique in a very unoriginal way. Like every other person in the world, I make mistakes. Despite this, it is my ability to instinctively learn from my mistakes that has prevented natural selection from removing my genes from the gene pool. THere are, of course, things that take a while for me to fully understand, but I, like all humans, have a tendency to be stubborn. However my persistence has allowed me to become more confident in myself, and in the work I do. I believe that this optimistic attitude has shaped me into who I am now, and who I will be.
People judge each other on a daily basis. The way an individual presents themselves, speaks, and behave are all qualities other people base their perception off of. Consequently, these inferences are quite useful in determining who you would and would not enjoy being in any type of relationship with based on surface appearance. However, people may take judging people on surface appearance too far. Therefore, although making a judgement on about a person may not be a negative inference, people take their judgmental attitude to the extreme. Consequently, they have placed themselves in a negative lifestyle which negatively impacts their mood and social interactions.
Everything you do is a choice. You choose the way you are living today. As we walk on the path of life, we are presented with cross roads and forks. Some are pretty obvious which turn we should take. However, not everything is easy in life. And in the fast pace life we are currently living in right now, we move so fast that we meet many more challenges than before and often, we hastily decide on the choices we make.