Aesthetics

What makes an artist work so unique that it captures an emotion or spark to viewers? The avant-garde artist was a unique group of people who wanted to do something different to their work. Around the 1900s, an artist that stand out from the crowd was Alexander Rodchenko. He sought to push people to rebuild society in a Utopian model rather than the one that had lead to the war. This movement focused on carrying the fundamental analysis of the materials and the form of art. His photographs, on the

ancestors more than the inherited material itself. When she gives up the quilts to Dee, she states, "I can 'member Grandma Dee with the quilts." Dee, on the other hand, thinks of heritage as something that has an extrinsic value, for example its aesthetic value as an antique. She believes that the proper way to accept and preserve her heritage is to not put it into her everyday use but to cherish it only as an accessory. Such an idea is revealed when Dee says, "Maggie can't appreciate these quilts

Both recognize the power literature and emotion can have, but their arguments vary drastically. Plato is interested in literature as a teaching tool and therefore favors self-discipline and regulation over emotion. Longinus focuses on the more aesthetic quality of sublimity in literature, and shows how emotion can be used to create that sublimity. Because emotion plays a central role in both discourses, through the analysis of emotion we can see the differences of intent in Plato and Longinus more

So, while he seems to allow for such aesthetic dichotomy within himself, het appears to demand otherwise from artists of his own ethnic origins. The aforementioned are perhaps his most compelling arguments consist of the fact that, yes, race with its often concurrent circumstances, can and

was raised in a family of arts in which her grandfather originally passed down a passion for literacy to Moore's mother, who taught Moore music through the piano and a love for books. The writing Moore has developed is undoubtedly religious and aesthetic. The combination of beauty and God is what made many admire her work. In Marianne Moore's poem,¨What Are Years¨, the idea of human imperfections is an expectation from God, but it is what one does with his imperfections that determine eternity.

Perfection is defined by Webster’s Dictionary as “being entirely without flaws; something that cannot be improved.” In today’s society many people, particularly young women desire to be perfect in their outward appearance. They want the perfect hair, the perfect skin, the perfect body, which so many think would be the perfect life. However, perfection of this kind is very difficult to achieve, yet so many people still want this perfect self-image. This desire for perfection has caused self-hatred

comes up in a conversation. people have to get to the closest related definition, so we don’t become confusing later on. Use the word Art for example. The dictionary definition of art is “the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance”. Some people tend to argue that art, is only what is put into higher standards by themselves, or professionals in the field, and something that is considered

elements of the image, yet a crisp realness of detail is still maintained. As described by Madrid (2003), Vermeer’s works from that time possessed “an unprecedented level of harmony and serenity” (p. 254), and that statement applies very well to the aesthetics of this piece. The application of color in this painting

aestheticism, a nineteenth-century arts movement that had a significant impact on the writings of Oscar Wilde; in particular, his enrapturing novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, is an insightful narration that expresses many of the central elements of this aesthetic philosophy. Centered on the life of an attractive young man named Dorian Gray, the novel details how through the influence of others, he becomes morally depraved, and sells his soul in exchange for eternal youth. The main instigator behind the drastic

Exploring Social Patterns in the Renaissance Through Fashion Fashion reflects the attitudes of a society more than any other art form. Like art, fashion is a material record of the ideals that swayed the nations at the time of their creation. Through examining the styles, and tastes of a particular era, we can realize where the interests and priorities of a time lie. As Frank Parsons wrote in his 1920 study, The Psychology of Dress, "There is surly no better field in which to trace the devious