10 Days of Aesthetics: Conclusion (Day 10)
*Read this series from the beginning.*Â Language is a clear problem in articulating the concepts this essay addresses. We tend to apply only one adjective to a noun. So we may say Human Drapery 3 …
Bierstadt
10 Days of Aesthetics: The Sublime (Day 9)
*Read this series from the beginning.* Kant’s distinctions about the sublime, and, in fact, the two forms of sublime Mathematical and Dynamical, are extremely nuanced and cannot be fully addressed here. But, there are some …
10 Days of Aesthetics: Kitsch (Day 5)
*Read this series from the beginning.* Kitsch Kitsch is often very clearly linked with the pretty. Certainly, that is the case with the work of Kinkade. Roger Scruton says, “The world of kitsch is a …