How ugliness weakens and afflicts us!
“Nothing is beautiful, except man alone: all aesthetics rests upon this naïveté, which is its first truth. Let us immediately add the second: nothing is ugly except the degenerating Continue Reading
Beauty, ugliness and entropy
Continuing on again from my last article, we focused on the aphorism “Beautiful and Ugly”written in Twilight of the Idols by Nietzsche, now we follow on the next aphorism which Continue Reading
Nietzsche and Objective Beauty
Recently I’ve been reading Nietzsche’s Twilight of the Idols, a book that was subtitled “How to Philosophize with a Hammer,” and in a nutshell, it sets out to present a Continue Reading
Canto della Terra
Andrea Bocelli’s “Canto della Terra” is a truly captivating piece of music that captures the essence of love and the beauty of nature in a sweeping, orchestral arrangement that is Continue Reading
The Soul of the Rose: An Aesthetic Exploration of John William Waterhouse’s Painting
John William Waterhouse was a painter who was closely associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement in art. The Pre-Raphaelites were a group of artists who sought to revive the art of Continue Reading
Girl with a Pearl Earring
“Girl with a Pearl Earring” is a 17th-century oil painting by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. It depicts a young woman wearing a blue and gold turban and a large Continue Reading
My art interpretation of Alcibiades being taught by Socrates, by François-André Vincent
“Alcibiades being taught by Socrates” by François-André Vincent is a painting that has always captured my imagination. The vibrant colours, intricate details, and sumptuous clothing of the figures depicted Continue Reading
Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus
The Birth of Venus is a masterpiece by the Italian Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli, which is widely considered one of the most iconic and beautiful paintings in the Western canon. Continue Reading
What is Aesthetics?
Introduction Aesthetics is a philosophical discipline that seeks to understand and appreciate beauty, art, and taste. It is a branch of philosophy that explores the nature of art and how Continue Reading
The Reason why the Architecture of the Ancient World Endures Today..
Washington DC is a city filled with iconic architecture, much of which draws inspiration from the classical world. From the domed Capitol Building to the grandiose Lincoln Memorial, many of Continue Reading
Postmodern Art Attack
So I Googled the definition of art and this is the first result I got: “the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form Continue Reading
Mind, and art imitating nature
(Continuing from The Natural Aesthetic – Nature crafts its own art) Landscape aesthetics This brilliant painting by Ivan Shishkin (25 January 1832 – 20 March 1898), called ‘morning Continue Reading
The Existence And Essence Of The Galloping Horses – A Praxis Approach
I really think this is true, namely, If you can apply the tools of philosophy to make sense of the everyday waking world we all inhabit then it becomes a Continue Reading
The Natural Aesthetic – Nature crafts its own art
Appreciating the woodland aesthetic I thought up this article from my readings of mindfulness and Zen philosophy and the many occasions from walking through the woodlands in my Continue Reading
The Nature of Beauty
We should look to the big picture and answer most questions by studying the universe. The grand design of the stars, the nebula that births new suns and the many Continue Reading