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Concepts in aesthetics

  • ArtIn 1970, the German philosopher Theodor W. Adorno declared that nothing concerning art could be taken for granted anymore.
  • DesignThe word design refers to something that is or has been intentionally created by a thinking agent. A design is expected to have a purpose within a specific…
  • FashionThe Latin word facere means to make. This root anchors the modern term fashion, which describes the manufacturing and wearing of outfits adorned with…
  • Conceptual artIn 1967, Sol LeWitt published Paragraphs on Conceptual Art. This text is considered by many to be the movement's manifesto.
  • TimeTime is the continuous progression of existence that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, and into the future.
  • EntertainmentThe Latin root of the word entertainment combines inter, meaning among, and tenir, meaning to hold. This ancient construction translates to holding mutually…
  • Authenticity (philosophy)In 1850, Søren Kierkegaard published Practice in Christianity to challenge the passive acceptance of religious faith. He argued that personal authenticity…
  • GazeIn 1943, Jean-Paul Sartre published Being and Nothingness. Within its pages, he described a moment where one person looks at another.
  • ÜbermenschIn 1896, Alexander Tille published the first English translation of Thus Spoke Zarathustra. He rendered the German term Übermensch as "Beyond-Man".
  • Avant-gardeIn 1825, Benjamin Olinde Rodrigues published an essay titled The Artist, the Scientist, and the Industrialist. He used the French military term avant-garde…
  • Cultural appropriationCultural appropriation is the adoption of an element or elements of culture or identity by members of another culture or identity in a manner perceived as…