BASIC DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ART AND AESTHETICS

 

BASIC DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ART AND AESTHETICS

MEANING

Aesthetics is a set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty.

Art is a diverse range of human activities involving the creation of visual, auditory or performing artifacts (artworks), which express the creator's imagination, conceptual ideas, or technical skill, intended to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.

ETYMOLOGICAL MEANING

He word aesthetic is derived from the Greek” aisthetikos” means sensitive, sentient, pertaining to sense perception"

The term “art” is related to the Latin word “ars” meaning, art, skill, or craft.

PHILOSOPHICAL CONNOTATIONS

Aesthetics is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and of art, beauty and good taste. It has also been defined as "critical reflection on art,

It deals with different questions

What is beauty?

What makes something beauty?

What is art?

What is difference good art and bad art?

What is value of art?

Art is a documented expression of a sentiment being through on an accessible medium so that one can view, hear or experience it. Art is created when an artist creates a beautiful object, or produces a stimulating experience. in one word it can be said art is the mirror on which aesthetics is reflected.

Nature /characteristics 

There are basically three characteristics of aesthetics object

Fascination with an aesthetic objects (high arousal and attention):

              There shows strong interest with beautiful object that draws one’s focus.

 Appraisal of the symbolic reality of an object (high cognitive engagement)

             It helps ones to judge and evaluate the object.

And a strong feeling of unity with the object of aesthetic.

             It creates a sense of attachment to the object

ART CHARACTERISTICS

It is based on abstract concepts.

It emphasizes the expressions of the self and emotions.

Different colour used in it to beautify.

It is the expression feelings, thoughts, emotion.

It can be presented through craft.

Types

Aesthetics deals with aesthetics design

So it is of three types

Visual aesthetics-It is as if the light that reflects from the beautiful design acts as a magnet for our eyes

Visual aesthetics have these key elements: Color, Shape, Pattern, Line, Texture, Visual weight, Balance, Scale, Proximity and Movement. Using these elements well will help us achieve good visual aesthetics

Sound aesthetics –it is dealt with beautifulness of sound. That may its Loudness, Pitch, Beat, Repetition, Melody, Pattern and Noise

Material aesthetics-Material aesthetics are especially important for physical products. Material aesthetics key elements are: Texture, Shape, Weight, Comfort, Temperature, Vibration and Sharpness

On the contrary

Art is of basically two types

Visual Arts

Visual Art is a form of Art where one can see.

An artist uses paper, canvas, and clay, metal, paint etc. which can be moulded or transformed to create some physical or art object.

The following belongs to Visual Art

Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Printmaking, Photography, Filmmaking, Computer Art, Plastic Art, Architect etc...

 

Performing Arts

 Performing arts is a form of art where artists use their voices and bodies to convey message in relation to convey artistic expression.

The basics of all performing arts are Listening, Viewing, Imbibing, Imitating, Exploring, Expressing, and Performing etc. When we see or practically do a dance, music or drama performance all our sensory motors awaken as we spontaneously indulge in all the above traits.

Performing Arts are

Music

Dance

Drama, Poetry Etc.

Constituents

In aesthetics

Aesthetic experience: - Aesthetics is a discipline concerned with the perception, appreciation, and production of art.

 Aesthetic experiences, such as looking at paintings, listening to music or reading poems, are linked to the perception of external objects.

It deals with two aspects of human potentialities.

Cognitive (knowing aspect) 2. Practical(utility aspects)

Aesthetic objectives:

It deals with making or framing a goal to embellish thing or the work of art eternal, unifying with different character

 

Aesthetic judgments

Linguistic expression of our experience and opinion concerning a certain object.

It relies in our intellectual emotional level

It is critical appreciation of an object that may be an art, painting, beautiful place etc

It is influenced by cultural taste and various background and education.

A/c to Kant “it is a judgment of taste.”

Criticisms:-

It deals with the merits and demerits of a particular works of art.

Constituents of Art

The three basic constituents of a work of art, and they are wed in a way that is inseparable. In general, 

Subject may be thought of as the "what" (the topic, focus, or image); form,

 as the "how" (the development of the work, composition, or the substantiation); and content, as the "why" (the artist's intention, communication, or meaning behind the work).

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