Essays on Aesthetics

the position that his age is lacking something, meaning that it is missing a certain something that is essential for all human beings. In other words, the "part’’ is missing the "whole’’. Friedrich Schiller on the Sixth Letter of his text "On the Aesthetic Education of Man in a Series of Letters’’ gives an example of a culture, which was not wanting. This culture, the Hellenic Greeks, seemed to manage a perfect balance between art and wisdom, and their connection to nature, for they realized art and

It is in the enjoyment of the aesthetic beauty of nature that humanity glorifies God. John Locke identified that God teaches us about himself through our human capacities, primarily our sensory experiences. Jonathan Edwards takes this one step further in theorizing that it is through humanity’s enjoyment of the beauty of God’s creation, i.e. nature, that we capture the glory of God. Edwards is one of the few theologians that make beauty a central and prominent characteristic in Christianity and

Kant’s Aesthetic Theory and the Problem of Particularity ABSTRACT: In moving away from the objective, property-based theories of earlier periods to a subject-based aesthetic, Kant did not intend to give up the idea that judgments of beauty are universalizable. Accordingly, the "Deduction of Judgments of Taste" (KU, § 38) aims to show how reflective aesthetic judgments can be "imputed" a priori to all human subjects. The Deduction is not successful: Kant manages only to justify the imputation

The role of art in human life has been studied by several philosophers throughout time. Frederik Schiller (1795-1805), in his “Letters On the Aesthetic Education of Man” develops the theory of the drives to explain the fragmentation of the human being and places art in a reconciliatory role between man’s personal nature and the community. The present essay will discuss in some detail Schiller’s theory of the drives, placing the main focus on the role and importance of the play-drive in human life

The aesthetic of ruins can help us understand aspects of interior design in terms of the lack of human presence indicating elements we might otherwise ignore. To explore this theme, I will examine how theorists have thought about the aesthetic of abandonment in relation to the beauty of abandoned structures, beginning with the work of Gordon Matta-Clark, in leading us to rethink our lived in environment apart from just its visual aspect. Gay Watson introduces the idea of emptiness as a therapeutic

The term Aesthetic was originally derived from Greek. Throughout time European aesthetics became assiociated with classy, good taste. It represented things of beauty and love. Following the ancient Roman times the expression of art was mediated by the church. This gave the perception that “”high” art reflects the ideas and acheivements of the ancients, and the “low” art does not”.(Vargas, 2009) This is basically saying that art that only represents beauty, or wealth and the better things in life

principle, or essence of art that evokes aesthetic emotion—where essence is defined by “what it is said to be in respect of itself” —then absent of the predications that describe beauty, such as the accuracy of representation, technical skill, or impressive form, all that remains is beauty evidently. Secondly, people are apt to use beauty to predicate a subject absent of the aesthetic emotion that its presence evokes. Therefore, “any system of aesthetics which pretends to be based on some objective

Reading Response to “Towards an Aesthetic of Popular Music.” In the Article, “Towards an Aesthetic of Popular Music,” Simon Frith proposes a new way to look at the value of popular music. He argues that people listen to music to create a sense of identity, express feelings, and have a sense of time. Therefore the aesthetic of popular music is how well the music performs those specific tasks. He then went on to break down how the proposed aethstetic could be measured using the music itself, voice

Aesthetics Should Never Take Precedence Over Function From the early Greek temples of yesteryear, to the high-tech autonomous buildings of tomorrow, the question of whether the function of a building or its aesthetics qualities are more important has plagued the minds of architects around the world. Webster's II New College Dictionary (Please do not use the encyclopedia or the dictionary to open your essay--way too high school.) defines aesthetics as "The branch of philosophy that provides a

2016: the year of aesthetics. Social media has warped our perceptions of what really is, compared to what we see. It can hide the real view by only portraying the best, most eye-pleasing angles. However, more and more aesthetic trends are coming into play. With Millennials especially, the act of living simply, or minimally has gained popularity. People want to downscale their way of life, finding it over-complicated and not fulfilling enough. They have started branching away from the normal mindset