Esthetics 1UST CFAD

Asst. Prof. G. Malihan

attitude of detached and disinterested, but engaged, contemplation often supposed to be appropriate to understanding the aesthetic value of a work of art.

We approach a work of art without immediate reference to practical concerns.

Notion of disinterestopenness, receptivity, which takes delight in the sheer beauty revealed to us

focus is more on the appearance and representation rather than existence

refers to that value which causes an object to be a "work of art”.

Many are suspicious that too much analyzing of their art will harm their creativity

It will encourage them to develop their rational ego at the expense of their creative unconscious.

Aesthetic analysis will have no effect on them, that thinking about art in this way is simply useless