Aesthetics Essays

Introduction A full and in depth appreciation of Japanese Aesthetics entails a comprehensive insight of the philosophical foundations and principles behind art and art making in Japan.  Unlike the western notion that treats art as distinct from the regular lives of people; Japanese art is a way of life. Thus, …

Significant Concept: Simmon’s article illustrates a standard of physical beauty that is different than one might find common in United States or other Western societies. In the particular Nigerian tribe that the author details, a young girl named Margaret spends her days in a so-called “fattening room” where she eats …

Floral aesthetics is concerned with the perception through the human senses of the intrinsic beauty of plants as artistic objects. To consider an object ‘aesthetic’ is, most commonly, to deem it optically beautiful by virtue of its features of grace, harmony, symmetry, smoothness or colour. An aesthetic object invigorates a …