Search results for " aesthetics"

Democratic values in the aesthetics of classic American pragmatism

2011

Abstract In the present paper an interpretation of the political dimension of pragmatic aesthetic reflection is proposed. The interconnection between politics and aesthetics in three classic American pragmatists: William James (1842–1910), John Dewey (1859–1952), and George Herbert Mead (1863–1931) is evoked. The author claims that by emphasizing the role of democratic values in philosophy and life, the classic American pragmatists encroach upon the field of the arts and aesthetics. Their emphasis put upon individual activity, free expression of thoughts, plurality of the forms of expression, and acceptance of criticism as a tool helping create better solutions in human cooperation can easi…

Rappresentazione e prassi nello spazio pubblico. I dispositivi artistici nel contesto politico e sociale

Forme di narrazione e comunicazione partecipative. A partire da Estetica relazionale di Nicolas Bourriaud

2021

Il contributo utilizza il modello teorico dell'Estetica relazionale di Nicolas Bourriaud per comprendere le dinamiche della comunicazione che la contemporaneità sta sperimentando sui social network. The contribution uses the theoretical model of Nicolas Bourriaud's Relational Aesthetics to understand the dynamics of communication that are used and experienced on social networks.

Relationship between the psychosocial impact of dental aesthetics and perfectionism and self-esteem

2017

Background Awareness of the influence of personality traits such as self-esteem and perfectionism on the aesthetic self-image can help clinicians to improve their patients' satisfaction and quality of life. The main objective of this study was to examine the relationship between self-esteem, perfectionism and the psychosocial impact of dental aesthetics, and their association with gender. Material and methods A descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study was conducted in a sample of 301 students of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry of the University of Valencia, aged between 18 and 30 years. Each participant was asked to complete a survey comprising three questionnaires: PIDAQ (Psychos…

Wild and the City

2019

Celebrating the aesthetic, ethical and ecological values of alleged ‘spontaneous nature’ is therefore a recurrent mandate in many projects and inspires numerous urban policies. Someone adopts this perspective as the only one possible for the ‘salvation of the cities’, marrying the reasons of the most orthodox ecology with a sometimes fideistic approach. Someone else embraces the cause of the fusion between wildness and urbanity for new opportunistic marketing operations in the global urban trade, interweaving the religion of environmental sustainability with the enhancement of biodiversity, often understood as a real capitalization. Still others, on the contrary, look at this phenomenon wit…

The Third Memory: stati della finzione nell’arte di Pierre Huyghe

2013

This paper focuses on The Third Memory, a re-enactment of Dog Day Afternoon (Lumet, 1975) by French artist Pierre Huyghe. By starting with the theoretical perspective developed by Nicolas Bourriaud in Relational Aesthetics and Postproduction, the essay attempts to show how a relational reading of the re-enactment of Pierre Huyghe may represent a valid investigative tool to analyze the relationship between cinematic narrative structures and everyday life narrative structures, between fiction and reality, in the work of the French artist."and reality, in the work of the French artist.

Elogio del Jommelli

2022

Saverio Mattei (1742-1795) had a multifaceted personality. Born in Calabria but educated in Naples, he devoted himself to law and held important administrative positions. At the same time, he cultivated numerous cultural interests with inexhaustible enthusiasm: he was a translator of biblical psalms, a theorist of classical and modern dramaturgy, an author and reviser of librettos, a correspondent of Pietro Metastasio and the founder of the music library of the Conservatorio della Pietà de’ Turchini. His "Elogio del Jommelli o sia Il progresso della poesia e della musica teatrale" was printed for the first time in 1784 and published again one year later with a few but interesting variants. …

Premessa a: Cultura visuale in Italia : immagini, sguardi, dispositivi

2022

Questo volume raccoglie le riflessioni maturate durante il convegno internazionale “Cultura visuale in Italia. Prospettive della ricerca” svoltosi a Palermo tra il 19 e il 21 marzo 2018. Si è trattato di un incontro che ha visto la partecipazio- ne di molti dei protagonisti della ricerca italiana in quell’ambito “indisciplinato” – per usare una felice espressione di W.J.T. Mitchell – che è la cultura visuale, accademica e non, un campo di studi che ha ormai solide tradizioni internazionali e anche notevoli ricadute accademiche, come dimostra la presenza a Palermo di docenti che, pur provenendo da “altre” discipline, la comparatistica letteraria, l’estetica, la storia dell’arte, la mediologi…

Designing Atmospheres. The Role of Aesthetics in the Requalification of Space

2017

The ecological movements of the seventies gave environmental questions the role of key issues in the artistic, architectural and philosophical debate. However, these questions have been mainly dealt with an ecological and scientific approach. It was seldom noticed that both natural and built spaces can be above all conceived of as felt spaces and, furthermore, that their aesthetic qualities are as important as toxicological factors. Although it focussed on the environmental protection and on the harmonious integration of built-up and natural areas, the architectural reflection considers beauty a subordinate factor rather than a prime concern. Although during the recent years it has come bac…

Iperestetica. Arte, natura, vita quotidiana e nuove tecnologie

2012

La società odierna è caratterizzata dall’eccesso, dall’esasperata ricerca di bellezza sia psico-fisica (dalla ginnastica allo yoga, dalla moda alla cosmetica, dalla chirurgia estetica all’ingegneria genetica) sia materiale (dagli abiti agli accessori, dal telefonino all’automobile). Di fronte a questa realtà in cui l’apparenza, il piacere e il divertimento sono divenuti, in ogni campo, gli obiettivi dominanti l’estetica deve sforzarsi di superare i confini “canonici” di un’astratta speculazione accademica al fine di orientare in senso pragmatico la sfera d’indagine. Diviene, quindi, sempre più urgente individuare nuove categorie e adottare più adeguati modelli epistemologici. Da qui l’ipote…