Esthetic, The traveler on the sea of clouds
Esthetic. "The traveler on the sea of clouds, by Caspar David Friedrich". Aesthetics is the branch of philosophy that studies the essence and perception of beauty. Some authors define aesthetics more broadly as the study of aesthetic experiences and aesthetic judgments in general, and not only those relating to beauty, when we judge that something is beautiful, ugly, sublime or elegant (for example, examples), we are making aesthetic judgments, which in turn express aesthetic experiences.Aesthetics is the domain of philosophy, studying art and qualities such as beauty; likewise it is the study of these experiences and judgments that happen every day in the activities we do, producing feelings and emotions whether positive or negative in our person. The aesthetics seeks the why of some questions, for example, why some object, painting or sculpture is not attractive for the spectators; therefore, art is related to aesthetics, since it seeks to generate sensations through expression. In another meaning, aesthetics is the study of perception in general, whether sensory or understood more broadly. These fields of research may coincide, although it is not necessarily the same. Aesthetics studies the widest and broadest histories of Elizabethan knowledge, as well as the different forms of art. Aesthetics, thus defined, is the field of philosophy that studies art and its qualities, such as beauty, eminence, ugliness or dissonance. It is the branch of philosophy that studies the origin of pure feeling and its manifestation, which is art, it can be said that it is science whose primary purpose is to reflect on the problems of art, aesthetics analyzes philosophically the values that are in it. contents Since in 1750 (in its first edition) and 1758 (second published edition) Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten used the word "aesthetics" as "science of the beautiful, itself to which is added a study of the essence of art, of relationships of it with beauty and other values'. Some authors have tried to substitute it by another denomination: "calología", that attending to its etymology means science of the beautiful thing (kalos, "beautiful"). If aesthetics is the philosophical reflection on art, one of its problems will be the value that is contained in art; and although a varied number of sciences can deal with the work of art, only aesthetics analyzes philosophically the values contained in it. On the other hand, philosophers like Mario Bunge believe that aesthetics is not a discipline.4 In addition, Elena Oliveras, trained in both the philosophical and the artistic fields, defines the concept of aesthetics as the brand of Modernity of its moment in history. where his birth takes place, where the principle of subjectivity is inaugurated. The traveler on the sea of clouds, by Caspar David Friedrich, is a prototypical representation of the sublime. Human beings have maintained and maintain various relationships with the world. His attitude towards reality, the needs he tries to satisfy and the way of satisfying them, are also diverse in them. These relationships include: The theoretical-cognitive relationship with which they approach reality to understand it. The practical-productive relationship with which they intervene materially with nature and transform it by producing, with their work, objects that satisfy certain vital needs: feeding, dressing, shelter, defense, communication, transportation, etc. The practical-utilitarian relationship in which they use or consume those objects. The diverse relationships of the human being with the world do not unfold in parallel throughout history. Their mutual connection, as well as the place they occupy or the level they reach within the social whole, vary according to certain historical and social conditions. These conditions also explain the main or subordinate role played by a certain relationship; economic, political, religious, etc., in an era or society. Some relationships are more important than others in a certain historical-social phase.