An artist or an architect may have no theoretical knowledge of aesthetics but He applies aesthetics intuitively Not everyone becomes an artist……Creativity requires sustained effort with consummate skill, high self-standards, persistence knowledge, hard work and talent Artist/Architects does need Aesthetics
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Architect or Public?
intention/intuition.
Consciousness.
Predecessors.
Contemporaries.
Articulate creativity.
World outlook.
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Does Aesthetics have any utilitarian value for
Architects ?
Artist?
General People?
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An artist or an architect may have no theoretical
knowledge of aesthetics but
He applies aesthetics intuitively
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Then why aesthetics?
Not everyone becomes an artist……Creativity requires
sustained effort with consummate skill, high self-standards,
persistence knowledge, hard work and talent
All these essential and indispensable qualities are worthless if
there is no artistic conception of the world, an individual world
outlook
6. Artist/Architects does need Aesthetics because -
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The act of creation is affected most directly by the world outlook
which is expressed in the aesthetic system realized through the
imagination, whether consciously or intuitively
According to Plato, it is necessary to have both talent, training,
and theoretical knowledge.
7. Knowledge of aesthetics seek to answer
What is the essence of art?
What is the law of art
What is the nature of the beautiful, the sublime, the tragic, the
comic?
Artist/Architects does need Aesthetics because -
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Aesthetic knowledge reinforces his intuition
Aesthetic principles guides his world outlook that not only guides his
talent and skill but is itself shaped under their influence in the process
of creation
9. For Architects
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Knowledge of aesthetic laws behind a creative process allows
architects not only to consciously build a chain of thought but to
scientifically test their accuracy and strength to find the place
where the chain has been broken and to supply the missing link
Knowledge of aesthetics help him to develop a conscious
approach to creative activity which would combine talent and
craftsmanship
10. For People
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Develop a taste in art with an artistic perception
his everyday life with a world outlook through the laws of beauty
11. For People
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Develop theoretically advanced consciousness
to better appreciate a creative work
Enable true appreciation with the ability to grasp
the artist’s intention and understand his imagery