Sentences with phrase «aesthetic pleasure»

We notice it because it provides us with simple aesthetic pleasure every time we pass by.
Art is an essential element of our human experience, offering aesthetic pleasure as well as a method for expressing and contemplating meaning.
One of the cool aspects of the co-op is that you also have the ability to revive the other person over time (something you can't do in single player), and the sheer aesthetic pleasure of seeing 4 different colors of bullet showers decimating the enemy is truly a spectacle.
Other works reveal unexpected aesthetic pleasure in overlooked fixtures of the home, such as a light switch, a floor mat, stereo equipment, a breaker box, toilet paper, and kitchen sponges.
There is the silo argument, for maintaining the existence of all those organisms useful to us; the laboratory argument for maintaining those organisms needed for experimental studies; the gymnasium argument of nature for leisure; and the cathedral argument of nature for aesthetic pleasure.
Painters are, as ever, finding spaces for themselves and creating readily recognizable and unique bodies of work, work that is as capable as ever of emotional power, the giving of deep aesthetic pleasure, and the creation of the visually unexpected and surprising.
It resonates in the silence when language reaches its limits, when words fail in the face of overwhelming joy, great suffering and pure aesthetic pleasure».
The most noble aesthetic pleasure is the discovery of truth,» Jancso told Filmvilag magazine.
In The Dynamics of Creation, Anthony Storr, the British psychiatrist, contends that an individual who «fears love almost as much as he fears hatred» may turn to creative activity not only out of an impulse to experience aesthetic pleasure, or the delight of exercising an active mind, but also to defend himself against anxiety stimulated by conflicting demands for detachment and human contact.
I'm starting to think it's no coincidence that all the Kindle owners in my acquaintance have fallen completely in love with e-reading... Perhaps the device offers a certain aesthetic pleasure that my own e-reader doesn't.
These works offer simple and uncomplicated aesthetic pleasure, as much as they show that any material is capable of carrying layers.
An understandable aesthetic pleasure is thus evoked but the de-materialised nature of the work also interrogates the exhibiting function of the institution and its values.
Lucas can therefore be enjoyed by radicals without any risk of being corrupted by mere aesthetic pleasure.
In his escape from the human world, the young artist cares less for the «terminus ad quam,» the startling fauna at which he arrives, than for the «terminus a quo,» the human aspect which he destroys...» For the modern artist, aesthetic pleasure derives from such a triumph over human matter.
Aesthetic pleasures Turning a basic pool into a pleasing outdoor space is all in the details.
''... the sheer aesthetic pleasure of seeing 4 different colors of bullet showers decimating the enemy is truly a spectacle.»
Bird song has given aesthetic pleasure to human beings for untold years.
Pan expansive, joyous paintings are pure aesthetic pleasure.
Culled from the orderliness of scientific taxonomies, we assemble our gardens for aesthetic pleasures, and for contact with wildness.
In both his paintings and painted collages, Kushner unites art historical tradition with modernism and aesthetic pleasure with intellectual rigor.
Experiential: the memories created while doing things, whether climbing Mt. Everest, watching a sunrise on the dock at the lake house, helping a child with a developmental challenge learn a new skill or anything else that brings joy, adrenaline, aesthetic pleasure or deep satisfaction
After being displaced by detachment and suspicion, aesthetic pleasure may be making a comeback in criticism.
I think that Steelite Art Glaze plates have a deeper connection with my food, while enhancing the sensory and aesthetic pleasure.
There are limits to the pursuit of aesthetic pleasure, of course.
Mostly they show breathtakingly elegant Victorian working drawings, and the aesthetic pleasure they provide is intense.
She goes beyond function and dresses for her personality and aesthetic pleasure.
Shakily cobbled together from stock footage and new interviews with authors and family, Stalin's Wife is nearly barbarous in its denial of aesthetic pleasure.
The picture is as sharp as ever, and it is undoubtedly the best way to appreciate the film's aesthetic pleasures.
Part of the aesthetic pleasure afforded by writer - director Paul Thomas Anderson's «Phantom Thread» lies in the swank fabrics and carefully tended 1950s settings surrounding the Day - Lewis character.
But Miller's Crossing is an aesthetic pleasure of the highest order on nearly every level.
The film feels so empty of real content and having enjoyed its aesthetic pleasures on one viewing I'm finding it hard to imagine returning to the film in the future.
Every song complements the visuals wonderfully, making sure the aesthetic pleasures are able to match the excellent gameplay.
But, before you start thinking about the cost, let's take a better look at what the package presents in terms of uniqueness and aesthetic pleasure.
Now that we can mimic the tactile and aesthetic pleasure of print magazines with tablet and mobile apps, at a lower cost, with the immediacy and archival capability of online, there is no reason to fear the decline of the publishing industry.
Although photography generates works that can be called art — it requires subjectivity, it can lie, it gives aesthetic pleasure — photography is not, to begin with, an art form at all.
Even as many of us shift our reading habits from printed books to digital books, we still wax nostalgic and romantic about the aesthetic pleasures of old book odor.
Aesthetic pleasure isn't the only thing 8 bedroom villas have to offer.
Spanish for «Villa of Life,» this extraordinary tropical luxury residence provides every aesthetic pleasure.
With its spectacular views of the majestic St Peter's Dome and across the Eternal City, the panorama is an aesthetic pleasure in itself.
But taking the whole relaxation thing up a notch (or 10) are these 9 bathtubs in Queensland, where postcard - perfect views of the Whitsunday Islands and towering rainforests add an aesthetic pleasure to the whole experience.
[4] However, several of the original Dadaists denounced the label Neo-Dada, especially in its U.S. manifestations, on the grounds that the work was derivative rather than making fresh discoveries; that aesthetic pleasure was found in what were originally protests against bourgeois aesthetic concepts; and because it pandered to commercialism.
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