1. A e s t h e t i c s & D e s i g
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Course Teacher : K.M. Ulil Amor bin zaman
Lecturer, dept. of architecture ,
DUET,Gazipur.
2. Aesthetics ?
Aesthetics comes from the word “esthetics”
• ….going by the dictionary meaning
Aesthetics is the study of beauty & its appreciation or
philosophy of art.
• In other words it is also…
the new way of seeing and perceiving the world
3. • Thus appreciation of aesthetics is a very individual perception
• Two people can look at the same object and can have different opinions about it.
So……
Aesthetic examines what makes something beautiful, sublime,
disgusting, funny, silly, entertaining, pretentious, harmoniums,
boring or tragic. Judgment of aesthetics clearly rely on our ability
to discriminate at a sensory level.
• However sensitivity to aesthetic qualities can be well groomed by training the senses& the mind
• Aesthetics qualities can only be appreciated if an individual enjoys the experience of it
• Therefore ‘the feel good factor’ becomes extremely important while attempting to appreciate the
aesthetic qualities .
• Thus pleasurable experience one goes through in appreciating design qualities is aesthetic
experience.
4. The unknown author of “Treatise on the sublime” said that,
Each branch of knowledge must meet two requirements:
In the treating of any art, two things are requite,
1.Explain and define what we treat upon,
2. By what & which method that art may be acquired.
This idea is actually refers every subject should be studied in connection with the purpose of science and the
method should be linked to its study.
Aesthetics is one of them though it is not easy to concise definition of aesthetics. Only a detail account of
this brunch of knowledge can give an accurate idea of its boundaries. So Many philosophers defined it in
different ways.
What is Aesthetics?
Aesthetics has a long story. In the course of its development ,Not only aesthetics view changed but also the
range of questions it embraces & its purpose.
What does aesthetics study?
(its relationship to the world)
5. SOURCE
Greek Natural Philosophers
Aristotle
Plato
Socrates
Thomas Aquinas
Leonardo Da Vinci
Boileau
Baumgarten
Hegel
Neo-positivists
Marx
DEFINITION
A part of Philosophy
to present a picture of the world .
Poetics and nature of Beauty and Art
Educating man by state control over art
Related with Ethics
To serve God with the help of Art.
To examine the relationship of Nature and Art.
To set standard for Art
Analyze sensual cognition of the world
Realm of the beautiful to define place of Art in the
overall system of universal spirit.
Theoretically pin down the practice of Art.
Social role of Art.
6. “Aesthetics is that branch of knowledge which deals with the historically
determined essence of Human values, their creation, perception, appreciation
and assimilation”.
It is a philosophical science concerned with aesthetics perception of the world through
human activity. (specially art which perfects the perception according to the laws of
beautiful)
7. Beauty is the characteristic of a person, place, object or idea
that provides a perceptual experience of pleasure, meaning
& satisfaction
A good looking person, place or object is always perceived as
more beautiful than a shabby looking person, place or object
…..with respect to time, place & environment
Concept of beauty..
11. Beauty is the characteristic of a person, place, object or idea
that provides a perceptual experience of pleasure, meaning
& satisfaction
A good looking person, place or object is always perceived as
more beautiful than a shabby looking person, place or object
…..with respect to time, place & environment
Concept of beauty..
12. The characterization of a person as beautiful is based on inner beauty & outer beauty and is
subjective in nature
inner beauty includes psychological factors like personality, intelligence, style ,charm, elegance
outer beauty includes the physical factors like health, youthfulness, complexion (skin texture).
• Beauty exists in everything around us….from nature to architecture …to art….to human beings…. to painting to
apparel…
• it is imbibed within..
• The human tendency to look beautiful has existed from the past….
• The context may have changed with time but the content remains the same…beautification
….then what is the source of beauty?
Much of it depends on
-the availability of resources
-utilitarian significance
-socio-cultural significance
-symbolic aspect
characterization of a person as beautiful
13. What is aesthetics?
Why should we study aesthetics?
(Aesthetics and its relationship to the world)
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