Sentences with phrase «more of an aesthetic experience»

«The American» is an exercise in style and withheld sentiment, a bleak and atmospheric art - house thriller that's more of an aesthetic experience than an emotional one.

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Borges, for instance, believed him a far more important figure in French letters than any of his more celebrated near contemporaries, and credited him with having invented an entirely new approach to aesthetic experience, reconciling (without merging) the traditions of Asia and Europe.

If the concepts of relational power and aesthetic value are accepted as more adequate categories for understanding human experience than those arising from substance metaphysics, then we must obviously change our images of ideal personhood and ideal communities.

From this perspective, religious experience includes more than a moral or philosophical or even an aesthetic vision of the universe.

But it explains why contemplation of the majestic figures in Michelangelo's Medici Chapel is an experience more spiritual than aesthetic.

Creatures capable of self - reflectively enjoying aesthetic values contribute richer, more diverse experiences than simpler creatures.

Hartshorne's position on abortion is also influenced by his theory of aesthetic value, which emphasizes that a diversity of experiences balanced by an aesthetically pleasing amount of complexity and orderliness contributes to life and to God, more fully than do less balanced experiences.

Doing a long series of arithmetical calculations or working all day entering data at a computer terminal may result in almost total «an - aesthesia,» while proving a new mathematical theorem or writing a complex computer program may bring about intense involvement and the enjoyment of vivid immediate experience.8 «Aesthetic» experience in the more usual sense of tile term can also y ~ ry fi - om trivial to highly intense, even when it relates to a single object; one is reminded of the cliche situation in which one member of a couple listens in rapture to a concert while the other writhes in boredom.

One of More's colleagues, a Swedish philosopher named Nick Bostrom, took to the podium at the same conference to predict «orgasms and aesthetic - contemplative pleasures whose blissfulness vastly exceeds what any human has yet experienced,» as well as «love that is stronger, purer and more secure than any human has yet harbored» and «values that will strike us as being of a far higher order than those we can realize as unenhanced biological humans.&raMore's colleagues, a Swedish philosopher named Nick Bostrom, took to the podium at the same conference to predict «orgasms and aesthetic - contemplative pleasures whose blissfulness vastly exceeds what any human has yet experienced,» as well as «love that is stronger, purer and more secure than any human has yet harbored» and «values that will strike us as being of a far higher order than those we can realize as unenhanced biological humans.&ramore secure than any human has yet harbored» and «values that will strike us as being of a far higher order than those we can realize as unenhanced biological humans.»

Similarly, human aesthetic experiences gain their authenticity and value from their being encounters with yet another aspect of the multidimensional reality that encompasses humanity Experiences of beauty are much more than emotion recalled in tranquillity; they are engagements with the everlasting trutexperiences gain their authenticity and value from their being encounters with yet another aspect of the multidimensional reality that encompasses humanity Experiences of beauty are much more than emotion recalled in tranquillity; they are engagements with the everlasting trutExperiences of beauty are much more than emotion recalled in tranquillity; they are engagements with the everlasting truth of being.

Beyond its sustainability credentials, glass has many aesthetic qualities that can be turned to the advantage of the brands that use it by reaching out and engaging more at an emotional level with consumers in the overall product experience.

The aesthetic enhancements are serving up a more inviting and contemporary visitor experience while improving the overall appearance of the facility.

Every outfit posts makes me totally envious of her closet, not to mention that her blog aesthetic is top notch and looks as though she has a lot more experience than just 2 years.

Not only does that reading explain the fervent use of voice - over, never more present here, recounting and musing on each experience with that hushed, inimitable whisper, but it also explains the unique aesthetic of Malick's films: his desire to capture fragmented but ideal forms of corporeal, natural and architectural beauty, rendered so by Emmanuel Lubezki's superlative cinematography and some elliptical, compelling editing.

The DELTA study demonstrates how arts learning promotes multiple literacy learning processes that depend more on creative response, imagination, experimentation and aesthetic experience than do methods of learning that emphasize formulaic responses to rule - based literacy instruction.

While the upgrades on the 2016 Camry are purely aesthetic, the 2016 Toyota Corolla Special Edition gets more comprehensive updates that also improve the driving experience courtesy of the steering wheel paddle shifters, sport driving mode and rear disc brakes.

Typically, they're far more concerned with the message of the book and about getting a good cover than they are about the aesthetic experience their readers will have as they turn the pages.

The overworked shares a similar aesthetic but is actually more a free - roaming experience in which the player may find hidden paths by sneaking behind a tree or walking along the edge of the water, for example.

Gamers who aren't as experienced with platformers, may not like the trial and error aspect to solving some of the puzzles but fortunately the beautifully designed world and game aesthetic help mask those more «gamey» elements.

The vast majority of purchasable items are merely aesthetic options and the few things that can be purchased that do affect the playing experience directly are for stuff like extra character slots & more shared stash tabs.

Today, with the emergence of new forms of labour alienation and personal intrusion, deadening forces extend even further into subjective experience, making the divide between a critical and an aesthetic use of boredom ever more tenuous.

Without draining his works of the pleasurable aspect of looking, Bernadet paints the pieces whose aesthetic beauty conceals a more sinister subversion of the very means by which that experience is delivered to us — our visual senses.

But a certain amount of bewilderment is, of course, essential to the essence of an aesthetic experience, so if possible, see the more impressionistically organized Phillips Collection before the Hirshhorn.

Much more than an aesthetic experience, enjoying art is an intellectual exercise enhanced by broadening our understanding of art history and artists» ideas and motivations, insight ripe for the picking in countless books and catalogs.

Trying to will the orchestration of the image has more to do with the mind and a certain aesthetic sense that is built from temperament and experience.

He suggested that the «aesthetic surprise» a viewer experiences on looking at «true» works of art is long lasting and important, while the novelty item provokes no more than a momentary surprise that is «superfluous» (source).

Papp seeks to take this aesthetic into the complexity of our current image - and information - based experience with more than a touch of thematic and visual multiplicity.

After more than thirty years of experience working with clay, PEET has cultivated an extremely well thought - out sensibility that combines a deliberately imperfect, handmade aesthetic with an intricate language of symbols and metaphors that reveal his personal philosophies.

The grid works — like all of Gaines» work — are more rooted in philosophy than in the creation of some aesthetic experience.

Meyer Schapiro wrote similarly in his essay, «The Fine Arts and the Unity of Mankind»: «The experience of art is, therefore, felt to be more than aesthetic delight.

Salisbury Cathedral There is no more profound aesthetic experience in Britain than the spire of Salisbury, rising in medieval sobriety above the city and the plain.

The «big bang» of 20th century abstraction was always more sociological than aesthetic in its character, and so 21st century abstraction out to be more aesthetic, i.e. rooted in a physical experience of the world perceived through the body's senses.

In minimalism, the work of art is just what it is and nothing more, like Donald Judd's boxes are just boxes hung on the wall; the artwork is all about the aesthetic experiences of the object.

Lock manufacturing company Kwikset today released the second generation of its Kevo smart lock, keeping the same aesthetic of the original Kevo but bringing in a «refined user experience,» more compact interior design, and improved security.