The word
"esthetic" refers to how something looks or appears, specifically in terms of beauty, style, and visual appeal. It pertains to the appreciation and understanding of what is visually pleasing or attractive.
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In esthetic experience a person is liberated from the bondage of mere organic existence and becomes aware of himself as a spiritual being who is heir to and trustee for a whole world of meanings.
Still, people chose this way of life
for esthetic as well as financial reasons, even if they are starting to regret it.
Works like these, under the slippery label of
relational esthetics, turn acts of generosity into a theme park, with the artist the main attraction.
Greenberg meant that as a rhetorical question, a matter of ethical and cultural as well
as esthetic values.
Among the scientific fields, mathematics has a particularly intimate connection
with esthetic excellence.
Let us begin to answer this question by considering the difference between aristocratic and democratic views of
esthetic experience.
His debut collection incorporated menswear details, such as structured suits, tailored coats, and pointy loafers, while infusing his personal
design esthetics with sleek doctor - like bags (on my wish list!)
Thus, the principles of
esthetic value here discussed may serve not only as guides in creating and appreciating what are called «art objects» and as criteria of qualitative excellence in curricular matters outside of the arts, but as attributes of the good life and as a source of general educational aims.
So if harmony is a desirable
esthetic quality, it can not mean a serene, untroubled unity of the parts.
Truth is one kind of value, different in quality from
esthetic excellence, justice, or holiness, but like them in being part of an objective structure of worth.
The artistic practice of Kasper Bosmans knows many forms, but is essentially based on the creation of
esthetic objects without matter.
Although Greenberg did not wrestle into submission the elusive concept of taste — the word has too many contradictory meanings in his writings — he did not shy away
from esthetic judgments, dismissing Pop art as «academic» and, in the 1950s, even claiming that Abstract Expressionism and Art Informel had «a chance of being the worst art ever beheld under the name of art.»
This range of
esthetic concerns is emphasized because of what it means for education.
We can modify both mechanical and
esthetic aspects of your car to transform it into the unique right you've always wanted to own.
The collection comprises
on esthetic designs that are filled with amazing natural colors and dark shades.
It provides an exact and comprehensive treatment of such ideas as symmetry, rhythm, and function, which enter so largely
into esthetic judgments.
New work brings out the power of dark energy and evolves with
new esthetics.
At the same time, his raw need to shock is shifting toward an interest in pure
esthetic appeal.
Whether Samsung wanted a unified design for
esthetic reasons, or for a common set - up for the software team we don't know, but the on - screen buttons from the original are no more.
A spiritual and
esthetic ideal in its origins, the sublime took on a sense of nation building in nineteenth - century America, of self - making in the time of Jackson Pollock, of ego - tripping for Matthew Barney, and now a kind of ego - undoing in the hands of an upmarket gallery and an inward - looking photographer.
See what it is like to enjoy a pedicure party or haircut at
cg Esthetic.
Nevertheless, some suggestions can be offered concerning the criteria that are appropriate for the evaluation of
esthetic worth.
Such criteria are the object of
esthetic education, and they are guides for the discipline of individual creativity.
In fact, in a democracy the ordinary events of existence are matters of particular
esthetic interest and concern, simply because their quality has such widespread and continuous influence on the general level of individual and collective life.
The mainstream mathematical culture, which, regardless of ontological commitment, is driven as much
by esthetics as by science, seems to have had little meaning for him.
The inspiration started with a floral arrangement I had in mind — one that had fall - like colors, a bit dismal, and had a garden -
like esthetic with natural elements such as twigs, ivy, and berries.
These negations would hold only
if esthetic truth were limited to literal fact — as it is not.
The proliferation of digital imagery used throughout is not new, though California - based Greg Ito and Jonah Susskind do it freshly in this two - person show currently on view at The Hills
Esthetic Center.
Bred in all 4 colors — Blenheim (rich chestnut and white), Ruby, Black & Tan, and Tricolor (black & white with tan points)-- the cavalier suits most
esthetic tastes.
The seminar transcripts and the eight essays are collected in a book published in 1999 called
Homemade Esthetics (Oxford, 1999).
Jobs that promote refined tastes and richness of
esthetic life for the community are in that respect good.
Your blog is amazing, we feel your love of food in every recipes and its
so esthetic!
This was
just esthetics though as they tasted delicious - I toasted one with cheese and a slice of prosciutto for my lunch and it was not only yummy but kept me full all afternoon - I plan to make another batch today and put them in the freezer so they are always available:)
They can replicate and absorb into their
own esthetic what he already brought into this world, but they can not foresee the new directions in which he would have taken his work with more time.
Glass cabochons on etched wood reflects
tropical esthetic Panto wood Glass cabochons Nickel - free gold - plated pewter hardware Length, about 1.75» Post back Imported.
But, without the limitations of the single - focus on the iconographic Barbie doll, it encompasses a wider range of social and
esthetic issues.
This patchwork approach to regulating the nature of foreign owned residential real estate allows subregions in Switzerland to create policies that respond to the particular pressures they face, whether it be foreign investors holding land but not building, or foreign investors purchasing large lots that when developed significantly impact the
traditional esthetic of the area.
For example, since skin color has no demonstrable relation to intellectual ability,
esthetic sensitivity, or character, it follows that no significant conclusions about a person's characteristically human behavior can be drawn from the nature of his pigmentation.
The spectator may find the work dull, then impossibly dull; then, surprisingly, he breaks out on the other side of boredom into an area that can be called contemplation or
simply esthetic enjoyment, and the work becomes increasingly interesting.