Aesthetics
Categories
- Aestheticians (1)
Links
Developments in Indian Art and Culture
http://india_resource.tripod.com/art.html
Explores the philosophical influences on Indian sculpture as well as the value system that created different criterion for expression in the Indian miniature.
Aesthetics of Symmetry
http://home.earthlink.net/%7Ejdc24/symmetry.htm
A numerical rating system to judge the visual impact and aesthetics of various motifs operated upon by symmetrical transformations.
African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/clemons/RMC/exhib/93.ray.aa/African.html
University of Virginia exhibition site emphasizing the formal aesthetic aspects of the objects and the moral and religious ideas they express, beyond cultural boundaries.
Images of Eden
http://www.author.co.uk/skylark
Synopsis of the book Images of Eden by architect Arthur Edwards, being an enquiry into the psychology of aesthetics.
Philosophy of Virtuality
Regularly updated site exploring the as if, virtual reality and the philosophy of art. Web pages include methodology, philosophical biography, essays on virtuality and philosophical fiction.
Trevor Pateman's Selected Works
http://www.selectedworks.co.uk/index.html
Topics in philosophical aesthetics including imagination, formalism, beauty and Rothko.
Philosophy and Literature
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/philosophy_and_literature/
Including ideas in the aesthetics of literature, philosophical interpretation of literature, and literary treatment of philosophy, hosted by Project MUSE.
Jurate Macnoriute. Articles on Art Theory. Painting
http://www.freehomepages.com/jumac/Articles.html
List of articles on art theory by Jurate Macnoriute. Geometric art analysis, proportions, golden section, visual semiotics, painting, colours analysis.
Contemporary Art Test
http://www.biddingtons.com/content/shechtertest.html
Criteria for determining quality in contemporary art. Links to Biddington's art business.
Architectural Aesthetics
Aesthetic values explored at the University of Arizona in terms of balance, order, integrity and meaning.
Aesthetics -- Ethical Aspects
http://www.infography.com/content/411158825462.html
Sources for the study of the ethical aspects of aesthetics.
Appreciation of Art
http://www.appreciation-of-art.com/
Examines various art forms that contain unique elements subject to various interpretations.
Physics, Philosophy and Art
http://huizen.daxis.nl/~henkt/physics-philosophy-art.html
Describing 3 views on the world.
Aesthetic Judgment
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aesthetic-judgment/
Philosophical theories about judgments of taste; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by Nick Zangwill.
Art and Imagination: Implications of Cognitive Science for Moral Education
http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/PES/97_docs/rethorst.html
Article by Jonathan Rethorst. Reviews the claim that art is good for the soul.



