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  2. Aesthetics - Wikipedia

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    It examines topics such as art works, aesthetic experience, and aesthetic judgment. [15] Aesthetic experience refers to the sensory contemplation or appreciation of an object (not necessarily a work of art), while artistic judgment refers to the recognition, appreciation or criticism of art in general or a specific work of art. In the words of ...

  3. Art as Experience - Wikipedia

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    A further common substance to all works of art is related to the idea of means and ends. In aesthetic works and aesthetic experience, means and ends coalesce. Means are ends in the aesthetic. The non-aesthetic has a clear separation of means and ends: means are merely means, mechanical steps used solely to achieve the desired end. Dewey uses ...

  4. Varieties of criticism - Wikipedia

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    Aesthetic criticism is a part of aesthetics concerned with critically judging beauty and ugliness, tastefulness and tastelessness, style and fashion, meaning and quality of design—and issues of human sentiment and affect (the evoking of pleasure and pain, likes and dislikes). Most parts of human life have an aesthetic dimension, which means ...

  5. Applied aesthetics - Wikipedia

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    Applied aesthetics is the application of the branch of philosophy of aesthetics to cultural constructs. In a variety of fields, artifacts (whether physical or abstract) are created that have both practical functionality and aesthetic affectation.

  6. History of aesthetics - Wikipedia

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    For Friedrich Schiller aesthetic appreciation of beauty is the most perfect reconciliation of the sensual and rational parts of human nature. For Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, the philosophy of art is the "organon" of philosophy concerning the relation between man and nature. So aesthetics began now to be the name for the philosophy of art.

  7. Outline of aesthetics - Wikipedia

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    Aesthetics in Art Education: A Look Toward Implementation; More about Art, culture and Education; An history of aesthetics; The Concept of the Aesthetic; Aesthetics entry in the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy; Philosophy of Aesthetics entry in the Philosophy Archive; Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges: Introduction ...

  8. Is Your Aesthetic Modern or Contemporary? - AOL

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    Contemporary style in interior design refers to the aesthetic and design approaches that reflect current trends and the way people live today, embodying modern values. Its origin can be traced ...

  9. Aestheticism - Wikipedia

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    As aesthetic movement decor was similar to the corresponding writing style in that it was about sensuality and nature, nature themes often appear on the furniture. A typical aesthetic feature is the gilded carved flower, or the stylized peacock feather. Colored paintings of birds or flowers are often seen.