... , was strongly influenced by Winckelmann and his own thesis of "the end of art". His philosophy of art takes account of the beauty in art, the historical development of art, and individual forms of art, such as, architecture, painting, literature, sculpture, poetry, and music. There are three forms of art, or "three forms of the beautiful", (Hegel, 68) that is necessary to form the idea ... and correctly "Symbolic". The relation between these "Symbolic" art forms is that they all belong to the sphere as Hegel defines as "pre-art". (Hegel, 73) The sphere of "pre-art" consists of art that ...

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... Winner of the 1995 Turner Prize) and the exhibition of various configurations of objects like rocks, trees, and ropes. (Goguen, 2) Conceptual art is another form of art that challenges the materiality of art, by using physical forms that may be relatively prosaic or even boring. (Goguen, 3) This may include such things as hand-lettered poster boards or a reconceptualization ... of an existing situation.(Goguen, 3) In addition there are traditions such as performance art and body art, that give new roles to the artist.(Goguen, 3) This type of artwork challenges current ideas about boundar...

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... by adding the turban which was a representation in the interest in orientalism[ CITATION Lan13 l 3081 ]. Man Ray alters the artwork and defies the traditional making process of nude art therefore making the artwork anti-aesthetic. In nude artworks at the time, the face was seen so that there is an indication of who the artwork was based on. ... In both artworks, the face is either fully or partially hidden. The art form of the artwork is less used in relation to nude art with paintings and sculpture being the most popular. When both artworks are put together, some obvious contrasts can b...

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... from the obligation of connoisseurs to assume "that excellence in art can be defined and identified by scholarly judgments that are more than political acts or manifestations of cultural biases." Will feels that a connoisseur, one who has respectable judgement concerning art and appreciation for it, forms opinions based on characteristics that "transcend" those relating to politics and culture - beauty and exquisiteness. Therefore, ... in order to be fine, art must have qualities of great beauty and must not have qualities relating to politics and culture. However, ... is timeless and ...

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... culture. Nevertheless this culture is a reality, bringing millions of people across the world together. The cultural identity of a generation tends to adopt the latest art form as its primary support, it is the case for the "generation Y" and video games. Zelda: The oracle of time, Mario Bros ... focus on an impeccable design, creating imaginary worlds which are getting as real as fiction can get. Video gaming is also the art form of interactive art by excellence, where the spectator becomes an actor into the accomplishment of the piece. The player can be faced with cornelian choices in...

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... the technical aspects and into the "experience." Monroe Beardsly claims that the aesthetic experience is characterized by 1) "object focus," where the viewer pays attention to a visual stimulus (although not all art is visual), 2) "felt freedom," the viewer feels something that makes them forget their everyday experience, 3) "detached affect," the experience is understood to be imaginary (for example, an aesthetic presentation of ... . Although I agree with most of his points, Beardsly implies that the object or event causing the aesthetic experience is a visual stimulus. However, music ...

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... I will use the definitions given by the philosophers to analyse a work of art. According to Plato and classical aesthetics, what we see on canvas is a second interpretation of an interpretation. He believed that reality consisted of archetypes (forms) and that what we perceive around us is only an imitation of these ... from those of everyday life and ultimately ends in catharsis. If I followed his theory, I would have to say that it is a piece of art. The colours and textures in this painting cause an aesthetic emotion in me. The problem here is, critics not receptive of aesthetic emoti...

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... them of course people will flock to it, it's entertaining. They are experiencing something exciting that is away from the norm. The feelings that popular art can stir can vary greatly, for example if a youth watches a show portraying in some that teenagers are in some way oppressed and not taken seriously ... and should not be taken literally I see no wrong in enjoying an imitation or mockery of reality from time to time. I feel, while popular art to a lesser more harmless extent, it is a little bit like starring at an accident scene on the highway, while sometimes it can cause disrupti...

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... Good. The artist is seen as a god. The artist struggles with primal forces of nature, unruly elements and emotions, and corals and moves them and forms them in art. And art is a complete good. The struggle of the artist is a cosmic one. Sometimes the metaphor is taken as literal. The artist communicates to the audience. ... talk. In our one-way dialogue with God, we look for substitutes. God is creator. Artist is creator. God created the world. Artist created the art. God will not answer. Maybe the artist will. Sometimes the metaphor is taken as literal. We understand that communication ...

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... things as sins, are borrowed."" (my italics) Lord Henry preaches against commonness and vulgarism almost every time. These thoughts are related to the English "l' art pour l' art- movement, called "Aesthetic Movement- of which figurehead became Wilde from the beginning. "Donning a jacket imaginatively tailored in the shape of a violoncello, he ... late-Victorian society."" This group always looked for the unconventional instead of common things. It will be continued, summarised and completed later by Art Nouveau. The existence of world is provable to them only by its aesthetic character. ...

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... first pottery project done at preschool and cherished always. From the cologne a perfumer makes to the pastries a chef bakes, they are all forms of art. To me "POETRY" embodies all that art should be. It is the essence of words that flow forth freely to land on paper or linger on lips. Poetry is able to ... is volatile. The flow of poetry is soothing and relaxing, quite reminiscent of the sound of the ocean with its supposed healing qualities. In its most basic forms poetry is able to inspire emotion to a degree that will overwhelm a person. The mere whisper of a word leaves you breathle...

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... closest word to [Good Taste] is Taste and its synonyms include: refined taste, cultivated taste; delicacy, refinement, fine feeling, gust, gusto, tact, finesse; nicety; polish, elegance, grace, virtue; dilettantism; fine art; culture, and cultivation. Here I want to point out that paralleling with those vulgar sections in The Woman Warrior, which have been illustrated by the examples above, there are many tasteful ... popular culture' and high culture', without any sense that one has more value than the other and has no hesitation in mocking or distorting high cultural forms. Modernist ...

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