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'''Aesthetics''' is the philosophical study of the nature and experience of [[art]] and beauty.
==Aesthetics and the Golden Ratio==
[[Image:Man2.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s drawings of the human body emphasized its proportion. The ratio of the distances from foot to navel, and navel to head, is the Golden Ratio.]]
Greek scholars believed that the [[Golden Ratio]] (also called divine proportion) is the key to beauty. Artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and [[Salvador Dali]] often incorporate the Golden Ratio in their drawings.
==Definition of "art"==
Art has been defined in the field of aesthetics in various ways. Some adhere to a rigid definition of "[[art]]", such as paintings, [[sculpture]] and other traditional genres, while others believe that art should not be strictly defined, and thus believe that anything [[progressive]] may be labeled as such.
== Architecture ==
Aesthetics is an important part of architecture. A poll co-sponsored by an architectural society revealed the following public ranking of favorites, with the name of the architect in parentheses:<ref>http://www.aia.org/release_020707_150Buildings</ref>
#[[Empire State Building]] (Shreve, Lamb & Harmon)
#[[White House|The White House]] (James Hoban)
#[[Washington National Cathedral]] (George Bodley and Henry Vaughan)
#[[Jefferson Memorial]] (John Russell Pope)
#[[Golden Gate Bridge]] (Irving F. Morrow and Gertrude C. Morrow)
#[[U.S. Capitol]] (William Thornton, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Charles Bulfinch, Thomas U. Walter, Montgomery C. Meigs)
#[[Lincoln Memorial]] (Henry Bacon)
#[[Biltmore Estate/Vanderbilt Mansion]] (Richard Morris Hunt)
#[[Chrysler Building]] (William Van Alen)
#[[Vietnam Veterans Memorial]] (Maya Lin with Cooper-Lecky Partnership)
#[[St. Patrick's Cathedral]]<ref>http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/medny/stpat1.html</ref> (James Renwick)
== See also ==
[[Image:Cot 1880.jpg|right]]
*[[Music]]
*[[The Renaissance]]
*[[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]]
*[[Sistine Chapel]]
*[[Spanish Golden Age]]
*[[Irish Dance]]
*[[Sculpture]]
*[[Master of Arts]]
*[[Painting Masterpieces]]
*[[Jacques Louis David]]
== External links ==
*[http://www.artsusa.org/public_awareness/ National Arts Education]
*[http://usinfo.state.gov/scv/life_and_culture/the_arts.html The Arts] U. S. Life, Culture and History.
*[http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/academic-art.html Academic Art] Artcyclopedia.
== References ==
{{reflist|2}}
[[Category:Art]]
[[Category:Philosophy]]
'''Aesthetics''' is the philosophical study of the nature and experience of [[art]] and beauty.
==Aesthetics and the Golden Ratio==
[[Image:Man2.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s drawings of the human body emphasized its proportion. The ratio of the distances from foot to navel, and navel to head, is the Golden Ratio.]]
Greek scholars believed that the [[Golden Ratio]] (also called divine proportion) is the key to beauty. Artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and [[Salvador Dali]] often incorporate the Golden Ratio in their drawings.
==Definition of "art"==
Art has been defined in the field of aesthetics in various ways. Some adhere to a rigid definition of "[[art]]", such as paintings, [[sculpture]] and other traditional genres, while others believe that art should not be strictly defined, and thus believe that anything [[progressive]] may be labeled as such.
== Architecture ==
Aesthetics is an important part of architecture. A poll co-sponsored by an architectural society revealed the following public ranking of favorites, with the name of the architect in parentheses:<ref>http://www.aia.org/release_020707_150Buildings</ref>
#[[Empire State Building]] (Shreve, Lamb & Harmon)
#[[White House|The White House]] (James Hoban)
#[[Washington National Cathedral]] (George Bodley and Henry Vaughan)
#[[Jefferson Memorial]] (John Russell Pope)
#[[Golden Gate Bridge]] (Irving F. Morrow and Gertrude C. Morrow)
#[[U.S. Capitol]] (William Thornton, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Charles Bulfinch, Thomas U. Walter, Montgomery C. Meigs)
#[[Lincoln Memorial]] (Henry Bacon)
#[[Biltmore Estate/Vanderbilt Mansion]] (Richard Morris Hunt)
#[[Chrysler Building]] (William Van Alen)
#[[Vietnam Veterans Memorial]] (Maya Lin with Cooper-Lecky Partnership)
#[[St. Patrick's Cathedral]]<ref>http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/medny/stpat1.html</ref> (James Renwick)
== See also ==
[[Image:Cot 1880.jpg|right]]
*[[Music]]
*[[The Renaissance]]
*[[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]]
*[[Sistine Chapel]]
*[[Spanish Golden Age]]
*[[Irish Dance]]
*[[Sculpture]]
*[[Master of Arts]]
*[[Painting Masterpieces]]
*[[Jacques Louis David]]
== External links ==
*[http://www.artsusa.org/public_awareness/ National Arts Education]
*[http://usinfo.state.gov/scv/life_and_culture/the_arts.html The Arts] U. S. Life, Culture and History.
*[http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/academic-art.html Academic Art] Artcyclopedia.
== References ==
{{reflist|2}}
[[Category:Art]]
[[Category:Philosophy]]