Finally finished! :)

        Hey all! I have come to conclude that i have done my part in findinig out what Aesthetics is and the concepts that come beneath it. It was an enjoyable research and i hope you all enjoy my summary posts about them! Fell free to comment below any post if you have any queries!

Summing up before the end!

My last post! So to sum up, Aesthetics is generally the perception of the way we view such things and give judgments. This is most common in art but can be applied to other subjects as well that may obtain the Aesthetic aspects of appreciation. The reason why we judge is because perception forms an opinion or thought whether the Aesthetic experience is pleasurable or un-pleasurable regardless of whether we have any interest in it or if it has any significance to us. Frank Sibley has explained that there are two types of concepts, the closed type where there are rules and conditions and an open one where there are none. Since Aesthetics is purely judgment on beauty, there can be many cases where we can judge because each individual has a different view of beauty, which therefore makes it difficult to define beauty. 

Kant has described the two types of experiences of the ‘Aesthetic’, those that are positive in which the individual is able to change the circumstances and the situation to suit them and a negative experience where they are not able to change anything. This impacts the overall perception one has. Kant has also explained that the more concentrated the individual is on the negative or positive experience, the longer it lasts. 

Please read my previous posts to get a better understanding! :)

More works on KANT

There were four features that became distinguished from Kant's ideas on Aesthetrics.
- The disinterestedness, for example "pleasure because it is beautiful, not beautiful because its pleasurable".
- Universal
- Necessity
- and lastly 'Purposefulness without purpose"

Kant analysed the experience of 'beauty' so that he could question how judgments about beauty are possible. With these four features that he distinguished, he calls them 'moments' to be able to explain further.

Moment 1 :
This is the Aesthetic experience which is disinterested. Kant has said that judgments result in pleasure rather than pleasure resulting in judgment.

Moment 2:
Aesthetic judgments are those that behave universally. Kant discovered it would be more plausible if it had disagreements rather than coincident agreements.

Moment 3:
Purpose and purposefulness, also know as end and finality.
To judge something as 'beautiful' it has to be known as purposefulness but without having any definite purpose.
Kant described beauty as pleasurable since pleasure is defined as a feeling

Moment 4:
'Necessary' = 'According to principle'
He questioned the final moment as the overall necessity to judge. Why judge? and what does these judgments say about the people who judged?

feeling positive !

the positive aesthetic experience is pretty much the complete opposite of the negative. The individual views the environment as a happy one, and they have no feeling for a need of control. Even if they did feel the need to change the situation, they are able to change and control it in ways to suit them. 

soo.. what's with all this positive & negative stuff?

It's day five of my research assignment and i have just been gathering everything i've found that is related to my philosophical idea. I haven't found many concepts yet but i've came across concepts of negative and positive 'Aesthetic experiences' . . . interesting hey ?

Reading back over previous posts i have mentioned from a philosopher that Aesthetics is an experience by perception. Furthermore perception has to involve concentration on some aspect of the environment. The longer and more concentrated the individual is, the more lastingly and vivid the experience tends to be. This in result improves the quality of perception.

          Now, talking about negative and positive experiences, a negative would acquire the characteristics of the individual trying to find what they are missing, escaping what is depressing them or being unfulfilled. The individual would most likely try or want to change the situation they are in. They are concentrated on the fact they want to differ the situation which is why the feeling will last longer. This triggers an unpleasing emotion which is a negative Aesthetic experience.

I'll find out some more info on the positive aesthetic experience and hit it up in the next post! but for now ciao! :)

significant form. 

The lines and colours in an image are combined in a certain way and form, and the relation of them stirs our aesthetic emotions. It is what we call:

"moving forms"

Good quote to start the day!

"The interest lies in what you are going to feel"

- Mauron 1935

Let's focus on Kant!

Stumbling on the inter-web i come across Immanuel Kant's name a couple of times. I search deeper into his history and find that he has something to say about Aesthetics! Yay!

Kant has mentioned that our perceptions are either pleasurable or displeasurable. Either way it is a feeling or an emotion through senses and this is why we judge whether good or bad. He also agreed that "beautiful" was a feeling. He described it as an object or mode of representation that causes delight to the human senses regardless of interest. What he means by this is that we can be positively aroused by anything we find beautiful without the object or mode of representation having any importance or significance to us at all. For instance look at these pictures below . .

Most of you will find the bird image on the left as beautiful or cute or what ever you want to call it and the image on the right as something rather unusual or weird.. Well that was what i thought about these images i found anyway. This is just an example of what Kant had explained, we are positively aroused by the images or objects that we like than the ones we don't. 

    

Found something! Here's my summary..

Since Aesthetics is all about one’s perceptions based on their experiences, this clearly links to one’s judgments after perception. Aesthetics is able to be split into concepts which are open and closed. A closed concept would be that of which has rules and conditions for example; a bachelor – it is necessary to be male and unmarried, though of marriageable age, and together these three conditions are sufficient. However, for the open concept of Aesthetics, it is difficult to define a definition because there are no sufficient conditions for application. Frank Sibley, a British philosopher concentrating in the field of Aesthetics has said that the concepts of Aesthetics are not rule or condition-governed, but requires a heightened form of perception such as taste, sensitivity or judgment to be able to experience it. Sooo.. if there aren't any sufficient conditions for application how are we able to make legitimate Aesthetic judgments?  Sibley has mentioned that if the concepts were not perceived by the human senses then the judgments were most likely metaphoric, comparing them to other subjects or that of human characteristics.

thinking thinking thinking . . .

So i was just outside today (pretty sunny and warm for once!) and i thought to myself... What actually defines beauty? Like, we see a person or a painting or a plant and we call it 'pretty' or 'beautiful' or maybe even 'gross  looking' (ha!) but what makes us decide that some is beautiful? Or even ugly? Why are we positively aroused by certain things that trigger our aesthetic emotions?

Hmmm.. looks like i've got some research to do.. I'll get back to you guys in my next post!! :) 

Fancy Quote:

"What is the use of aesthetics if they can neither teach how to produce beauty nor how to appreciate it in good taste? It exists because it behooves rational human beings to provide reasons for their actions and assessments. Even if aesthetics are not the mathematics of beauty, they are the proof of the calculation."

- Franz Grillparzer

Is Zyzz still the only thing that comes to your mind when Aesthetics is mentioned? Read this . .

Aesthetics, meaning ‘perception by the senses’ was derived from the original word and spelling ‘aestheticus’  in Latin then later in the 18^th century, ‘Aisthetikos’ in the Greek language. Alexander Baumgarten; a German philosopher and educator later defined the word as ‘Aesthetics’ when he used it to describe something in a poem he had written. Immanuel Kant, another German philosopher has described the study of Aesthetics as ‘a unitary and self-sufficient type of human experience’.  It is a combination of two profound ideas; the Philosophy of Art; how it is interpreted and evaluated and the Aesthetic experience of art and non-art objects that may acquire any features or characteristics that are of an aesthetic standard. By ‘Aesthetic experience’ this means perspective of one’s own based on their experiences as all perspectives are grown from experience. When talking about Aesthetic experiences, they are usually positive feelings and emotions towards art or nature as people may describe and relate them to the emotional and mental life of human beings. It is generally a study that deals with the principles of beauty and the artistic taste.

welcome :)

Hi guys! Welcome to my blog! It will mainly be about Aesthetics and Aesthetic concepts. But remember I'm talking about the philosophy view of Aesthetics not Zyzz!