Abject Reference library
Barbara Creed
Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (2 ed.)
The conventional meaning of abjection signifies “a state of being cast off” or of feeling in a low or debased
Abstract Expressionism Reference library
Caroline A. Jones
Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (2 ed.)
The art movement known as abstract expressionism was characterized by gestural and/or nonobjective paintings and direct-welded metal sculptures. Also known
Abstraction Reference library
Encyclopedia of Aesthetics
In its aesthetic use, the term abstraction refers to a historical style, primarily in the visual arts, in which representational
Abstraction Reference library
Lucian Krukowski and Marek Wieczorek
Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (2 ed.)
This entry comprises two essays: Philosophical Perspective Contemporary Perspective
The first offers a philosophical analysis of the modern history of
Acoustics Reference library
Alexander Rehding
Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (2 ed.)
Acoustics, from the Greek akoustikón (pertaining to hearing), is concerned with the generation, transmission, perception, or effects of sound. Acoustics
African Aesthetics Reference library
Barry Hallen
Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (2 ed.)
In academic (Western) scholarship, the systematic study of indigenous African aesthetic criteria really just began during the last decades of
Alberti, Leon Battista (1404–1472) Reference library
Mark Jarzombek
Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (2 ed.)
Alberti wrote on a wide variety of subjects and in different genres including dialogues, plays, tales, and treatises. He took
Animal Aesthetics Reference library
Jessica Ullrich
Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (2 ed.)
Since its origins in the eighteenth century, the term “aesthetics” has often been identified with an exclusively human domain. Following
Animism Reference library
Spyros Papapetros
Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (2 ed.)
“The immense domain one calls animism (Das ungeheure Gebiet…was man Animismus nennt):” this is how Freud introduces animism
Anthropology Reference library
Susanne Küchler
Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (2 ed.)
Anthropology’s relation to aesthetics is defined by the discipline’s methodological philistinism (Gell, 1992) as it questions how forms
Anthropology and Aesthetics Reference library
Encyclopedia of Aesthetics
From the time of its inception in the late nineteenth century until the rise of postmodern criticism a hundred years
Appropriation Reference library
Encyclopedia of Aesthetics
To explain how artists have appropriated (that is, explicitly and accurately copied) work by other artists and presented it as
Appropriation Reference library
Crispin Sartwell and Gloria C. Phares
Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (2 ed.)
To explain how artists have appropriated (that is, explicitly and accurately copied) work by other artists and presented it as
Arab Aesthetics Reference library
Encyclopedia of Aesthetics
In keeping with the traditional exegetical and normative method of Quranic and philological sciences, early aesthetic thought in Islam pursued
Architecture Reference library
Encyclopedia of Aesthetics
This entry contains only a few of the many essays on architectural aesthetics in this encyclopedia: Early Greek Aesthetics Italian
Architecture Reference library
Indra Kagis McEwen, Bissera V. Pentcheva, James S. Ackerman, Erika Naginski, Karsten Harries, David Goldblatt, Kristina Luce, and Aron Vinegar
Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (2 ed.)
Artist Reference library
Encyclopedia of Aesthetics
To explain the concept of the artist in the Western aesthetic tradition, this entry comprises two essays: History of the
Artist Reference library
Catherine M. Soussloff and Joan Jeffri
Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (2 ed.)
To explain the concept of the artist in the Western traditions of art and aesthetics, this entry comprises two essays:
Assyro-Babylonian Aesthetics Reference library
Zainab Bahrani
Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (2 ed.)
This essay addresses Assyro-Babylonian aesthetic concepts in relation to the visual arts and architecture. It does not address literature, music,
Augmented Reality Reference library
Horea Avram
Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (2 ed.)
The term “augmented reality” (AR) covers a wide array of technologies and visualization systems that allow the perceptual overlay of
