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| from the Greek word for perceive, means something is perceived at a higher, more intense level of awareness than ordinary experiences |
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1. that quality or combination of qualities that causes a person to experience great pleasure through the senses, intellect or notion of morality
2. found in objects that cause aesthetic pleasure |
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| an opinion about the beauty of something |
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| voluntarily detatching oneself from everyday desires, opinions and thoughts that may interfere with one's aesthetic enjoyment of an artwork or natural object (the point is to experience and object or event without any kind of prejudice) |
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| a heightened, intense feeling caused by a response to an aesthetic quality |
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(mimesis theory) a successful artwork imitates or like something in the real world
artworks of this type exhibit true-to-life qualitities |
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| states the most important aspect of an artwork is its expressive qualities (feelings, moods, ideas, meaning it communicates |
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| the beauty of an object is found in its form or formal properties (embodies function and purpose; its essence) |
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| most important feature of an artwork is its usefulness (serves a practical function) |
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refers to community of philosophers, critics and gallery owners who determine which objects should be called artworks
an object that these experts consider worthy of being exhibited is an artwork |
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| what an artwork is about-its subject matter (story, person, event, object that is depicted) |
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| refers to all the circumstances surrounding the creation of an artwork (includes daily events, culture, major historical events |
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| how the artist uses the elements and principles of design in an artwork (affected by context) |
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| refers to goodness or ethical merit (i.e. opinion about character, behaviour) |
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| how practical or useful an object is |
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| correct in the sense that information is correct or right |
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| degree of something's beauty, corresponds to one's aesthetic response |
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| a theory of Aristotle's which claims that the form of an object is inherent in an object |
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| utility, moral or truth value that corresponds ot the purpose for which they were designed (an object's purpose, usefullness value) |
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| an objects value is inherent and built-in, an inseparable part of itself (merit in itself; means-to-its-own-end) |
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| a sense for what is good and the ability to identify the quality of something |
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| an experience, thought, belief particular to one person |
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| universally valid (intrinsic) |
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| all societies or civilizations have cultures, yet each one is different from the others |
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| confuses or disturbs the viewer such that it interferes with the understanding or appreciation of the artwork |
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| morally repugnant, has a negative effect on society, dangerous to members of a community (presents conflict of values) |
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| the restriction or banning of materials that are considered harmful to the public |
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| from Latin word for spread or multiply, defined as an organized publicity campaign using only selected information/deliberate use of selected information to promote misleading or dishonest ideas (persuasion) |
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| a person who reviews, analyzes and judges the merits of something, relied on to help form opinions |
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