On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 12:48 PM, joseph berg <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 10:04 AM, armando baeza <[email protected]>wrote: > >> The aesthetic ideal is always a personal thing first, then it may also be >> something in common with another person or more, but cannot be >> easily communicated with words... > > > But the more an aesthetic ideal is held in common/shared, could it develop > into an aesthetic criteria that is less personal and subjective and more > articulated and objective which subsequently can be used as a basis for > future judgement when it comes to quality and excellence of new phenomena? > According to the book, "Aesthetic Experience: Beauty, Creativity, and the Search for the Ideal": - We have come to expect that our experience of the world fits into a certain range of aesthetic standards, and individuals and society spend quite a bit of effort and money creating objects and environments that maintain this basic level of aesthetic equilibrium. http://books.google.com/books?id=TlsYxZ_bg7oC&pg=PA115&lpg=PA115&dq=we+have+c ome+to+expect+that+our+experience+of+the+world+fits+into+a+certain+range+of+a esthetic+standards,+and+individuals+and+society+spend+quite+a+bit+of+effort+a nd+money+creating+objects+and+environments+that+maintain+this+basic+level+of+ aesthetic+equilibrium.&source=bl&ots=AolD6P8f6Q&sig=aILl4-R3MAGq9FYH2aeGD_gWC gs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=r8xBUNrXIuaYiALV-4HwAQ&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=we%20have %20come%20to%20expect%20that%20our%20experience%20of%20the%20world%20fits%20i nto%20a%20certain%20range%20of%20aesthetic%20standards%2C%20and%20individuals %20and%20society%20spend%20quite%20a%20bit%20of%20effort%20and%20money%20crea ting%20objects%20and%20environments%20that%20maintain%20this%20basic%20level% 20of%20aesthetic%20equilibrium.&f=false
