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Prelims Flashcards

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Theory which contends that the perception and conception of beauty and ugliness is due to the agreement of people in the society.

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Aesthetic Conventionalism

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Philosopher (1588-1679) who theorized about the creation and evolution of society, morality and civil laws, as well as the formulation of social contract. This philosophy may be interpreted as a theory of beauty based on convention.

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Thomas Hobbes

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Beauty agreed upon to be beautiful by people in the society and Ugly agreed upon to be ugly by the people in the society.

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Aesthetic Conventionalism Interpretation of Social Philosophy by Thomas Hobbes

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The plate on her lower lip determines beauty.

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Mursi Woman

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The long neck with spiral rings determines beauty.

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Padaung Woman

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foot binding tradition in China also known as the second vagina.

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Lotus Feet

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Framework worn at the back of the woman to prevent heavy skirts from dragging.

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Bustle

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Theory which asserts that a thing is beautiful if it gives pleasure to the person experiencing it, and ugly if it gives pain. As a philosophy of human life, it adheres to the saying “Eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow you die.”

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Aesthetic Hedonism

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Philosopher (435-356 BC) who formulated extreme hedonism, and lived his life based on this belief.

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Aristippus

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Philosopher (341-270 BC) who theorized about moderate hedonism. According to him, real pleasure is an abiding peace of mind.

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Epicurus

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Bodily, sensual, personal, subjective, relative, temporal, momentary, limited, gratifying experience of the person.

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Pleasure

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Beauty = pleasure
Ugly = Pain

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Aristippus Epicurus

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Theory which views that a thing is beautiful if it is functional, efficient and useful for its intended purpose, and a thing is ugly if it is malfunctional, defective, useless.

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Aesthetic Functionalism

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Capacity of an object to achieve its intended use or purpose for the user.

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Function

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Ancient Greek philosopher (469-399 BC) whose theory of beauty may be interpreted to be following the principle of aesthetic functionalism.

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Socrates

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American architect (1857-1959) whose designs of houses and buildings are based on the principle of aesthetic functionalism. He also believes in organic architecture which asserts buildings have to be designed in relation to their natural environment.

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Frank Lloyd Wright

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French architect (1887-1965) whose many building designs may be interpreted as functionalist, particularly those in the urban areas, for providing the city residents with better living conditions.

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Le Corbousier

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Function
Usefulness
Efficiency
Utility

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Beauty

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Malfunction
Uselessness
Defect
Futility

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Ugly

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Consideration of beauty is subjective and defends the person looking at the thing. In this way it is said that “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”

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Relative Beauty

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It considers the view that a thing is beautiful by virtue of itself. Beauty is objective and resides in the thing regardless of the people looking at it.

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Absolute Beauty

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Ancient Greek philosopher (348-267 BC) who formulated an idealist and metaphysical theory of beauty. He wrote The Dialogue and The Republic.

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Plato

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23
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Theory of beauty which asserts that real beauty is an idea that exists in the world of being. Things in this world are beautiful as appearances of the idea of beauty. Art is beautiful as an imitation of things in this world.

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Aesthetic Idealism

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Logic
Metaphysics
Epistemology

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Truth
Reality
Knowledge
Good

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Falsity
Illusion
Ignorance
Evil

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beauty of forms reality

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Beauty of Things Appearance

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beauty of imitation illusion

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deals with natural, physical phenomena

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deals with human phenomena

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Humanities

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You see colors such as red, yellow, and blue. You see rectilinear shapes, and straight lines.

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Perceptual or Visual Elements

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You see things, nature, people and objects such as woman, tree, sky, rice field and others.

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Presentation

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The painting expresses fear as indicated by the gesture of the woman and by the orange and yellow curve lines of the sky.

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Emotional Expression

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You think about time running out as symbolized by melting clocks, or about death as indicated by the sunset and the clock set at 5:55PM, or about childhood memories meant by the fetus.

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Intellectual Meaning

36
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Greek “aesthesis” English sensory perception

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Aesthetics

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The word “aesthetics” was first employed by ________ to mean “the science of sensory perception.” Particularly, he used it to denote a realm of concrete knowledge, as distinct from the abstract where content is communicated in sensory forms.

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Alexander Baumgarten (1714-1762)

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Nature of beautiful things

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Theory of beauty

39
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Essence of art

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Theory of art

40
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Evaluation of the merit or demerit of works of art

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Theory of Art Criticism

41
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He is a Russian novelist (1828-1910), author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina, developed his own original philosophy of art. He argues that artis important even amidst extensive poverty and deprivation.

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Leo N. Tolstoy

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Three Major Art

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Visual
Performing
Linguistic

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Painting
Sculpture
Architecture

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Music
Dance
Drama

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Performing

45
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Literature

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Linguistic

46
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Other forms of art

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Photography
Drawing
Print Making
Film
Digital art

47
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Monalisa

48
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Les Demosilles Avignon

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Starry Night

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Scream

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Edward Munch

51
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Creation

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Michelangelo

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Sistine Chapel Paintings

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Michelangelo

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La Pieta

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Michelangelo

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Last supper

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Spolarium

56
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Hapag ng pag asa

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Joey Velasco

57
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School of Athens

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