Philosophy includes theory of beauty {aesthetics}|.
questions
Why are things and ideas beautiful? What did art begin? What is purpose of art? What is nature of creativity? What is relation between art and life?
factors: patterns
Aesthetically pleasing patterns use balance, symmetry, flowing lines, golden ratio, order, unity, and variety. They integrate parts and whole. They use religious, sex, and countryside symbolism.
factors: unusualness
Something can be rare, forgotten, or new and involve new perspectives, associations, or ideas.
factors: cleanliness
Cleanliness is aesthetic in Japan and other places.
art creation
Art creation can be play, escape, nature imitation, feeling expression, creative-power exercise, or common-situation idealization.
effects
Art is intentional, causes reactions, and can have meaning. Art can cause transcendent feelings: adventure, affection, awe, beauty, contemplation, creative bliss, confidence, discovery, empathy, friendship, harmony, joy, logic, love, magnanimity, mastery, movement, mystery, perfection, sacrifice, sharing, unity, winning, and wonder. Moral feelings relate to aesthetics.
criticism
Art criticism tries to find meaning or to explain aesthetic value, based on beauty, simplicity, forms, or principles. People can assign aesthetic value to objects and events. Competent art judges from different cultures tend to agree on basic aesthetic values, despite differences in materials, styles, subject matter, and intentions.
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