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Aesthetics — What Makes a Thing Beautiful?

What makes a thing beautiful?

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What makes a thing beautiful? Key sections include: AESTHETICS; Plato Beauty as a Form; Aristotle Mimesis & Catharsis; David Hume Of the Standard of Taste; Immanuel Kant Purposiveness Without Purpose; The Sublime Beauty + Awe + Terror; The Romantic Turn Beauty in the Wild & the Strange; Leo Tolstoy Art as Emotional Infection; Modernism Art for Art's Sake; The Institutional Theory The Artworld Decides.

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  1. 01AESTHETICS
  2. 02Plato Beauty as a Form
  3. 03Aristotle Mimesis & Catharsis
  4. 04David Hume Of the Standard of Taste
  5. 05Immanuel Kant Purposiveness Without Purpose
  6. 06The Sublime Beauty + Awe + Terror
  7. 07The Romantic Turn Beauty in the Wild & the Strange
  8. 08Leo Tolstoy Art as Emotional Infection
  9. 09Modernism Art for Art's Sake
  10. 10The Institutional Theory The Artworld Decides
  11. 11Cross-cultural Aesthetics Other Standards, Other Eyes
  12. 12The Present Crisis AI & the Cheap Beautiful Image
  13. 13For Further Looking References & Lectures
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