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Showing posts with label aestheitcs in painting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label aestheitcs in painting. Show all posts

Sunday, July 1, 2018

Art Share #2

Art Share #2


     What is aesthetics?  Strickly speaking, aesthetics is not the same thing as the philosphy of art.  Aesthetics is a much broader term, not just referring to created artwork but to matter of taste in general.  The word encompasses any sort of sensory perception.

     In short, the the study of aesthetics, as we understand it today, is concerned with how our judgements of taste relate to our language, our minds, and our surroundings.  

     Think about the Mona Lisa.  It is probably the most famous painting in the world.  Is it your favorite painting?  Why is it so famous?  Why is it work so much?  If you saw it for the first time today and had never heard of it, would you find it beautiful?  Instead of blindly accepting the standards and traditions of our culture, a little philosphizing will challenge us to justify our beliefs about beauty and the arts!  (Daily Book of Art, pg 9).