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Aesthetics and “transcultural” turn
2015
What does “trancultural turn” exactly means and which is its relationship with aesthetics? Culture has never been as important as it is today, so it is now more than ever crucial to reflect on its current expressions and transformations. In this sense it is useful to examine the perspective of cultural studies. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effects of the “cultural turn” on aesthetics highlighting positive and negative aspects of the relationship between aesthetics and cultural studies. In spite of many criticisms it has received (eclecticism, lack of scientific rigor, methodological unreliability and so on…), it is crucial to accept the challenge coming from cultural studies …
Understanding Design Aesthetics beyond Functional Beauty Accounts
2019
Abstract:
 Design is presented as an apt object of aesthetic appreciation. The nature of its aesthetic dimension will be developed in terms of the relationship between form and function. Specially, by looking at the role that knowledge about function plays in our design aesthetic judgements. Then, I will present the dominant view about the aesthetic value of design coming from functional beauty accounts. Finally, in the last section, I will focus upon some problems derived from the aforementioned integral model form-function in design aesthetics. By means of practical cases, I will point to the narrowness of functional beauty accounts and its inability to include a broader range of act…
Por una estética sociológica : la perspectiva anarquista
1987
Percepción actual de la estética de la sonrisa
2020
Introducción: La belleza de una sonrisa constituye un sentimiento altamente subjetivo, y por ello los ideales de una sonrisa bonita pueden ser extensamente distintos y variables en la población. El objetivo de este estudio fue determinar los parámetros ideales de algunos componentes de la sonrisa, e igualmente conocer si la percepción estética de los mismos varía según profesionales de la odontología y público general, así como entre diestros y zurdos. Los aspectos de la sonrisa estudiados fueron: escalón vertical entre incisivos central y lateral, exposición gingival, forma de los dientes y desviación de línea media dental tanto hacia el lado derecho como izquierdo. Material y método: La m…
Laideur et libertinage au XVIIIe siècle
2021
La bruttezza nelle arti pone domande complesse ai teorici del XVII e XVIII secolo, spesso seguaci del principio aristotelico che ne sostiene la redenzione attraverso la mimesi. I romanzieri vi dedicano poca attenzione. Essendo oggetto di descrizioni convenzionali, la bruttezza del corpo è spesso associata alla bruttezza morale, di cui è il corollario fisico. Tuttavia, ci sono enclave narrative che testimoniano un uso originale e disinibito della bruttezza che questo saggio si propone di illustrare con esempi tratti dal romanzo libertino. Sovvertendo i valori consacrati, irridendo nobili, cortigiane e monaci, mettendo alla prova il desiderio stesso del lettore, la bruttezza colta al cuore di…
Umwelt
2020
The term UMWELT spreads in the German language from the beginning of the nineteenth century, to indicate—both in a general relational and sociological sense, and in more specific reference to the peculiarities of PERCEPTION considered as an essential biological characteristic—the external world that surrounds and accompanies living organisms.
¿Metrópolis dispersas?
2010
La cuestión de la dispersión urbana constituye hoy un tema de investigación alrededor del cual se ha ido concentrando el interés disciplinar y político-institucional. Tal interés encuentra su respuesta en datos estadísticos (EEA, 2006) que confirman que: el 75% de la población europea vive en áreas urbanas; más de un cuarto del territorio europeo resulta urbanizado, y según las estimaciones en 2020 aproximadamente cerca del 80% de los europeos vivirá en áreas urbanas. Es un campo de la investigación todavía abierto y sobre el cual este trabajo de tesis ha querido reflexionar, siendo consciente que en urbanismo el conocimiento es una acción cognitiva y, al mismo tiempo, proyectual. Por lo ta…
The Visual Quality of Urban Park Scenes of Kowloon Park, Hong Kong: Likeability, Affective Appraisal, and Cross-Cultural Perspectives
2005
The urban park is a place where urbanites can escape from the stresses of everyday life. Using a set of fifteen photographs as visual stimuli, we attempted to identify those scenes that are liked by visitors to Kowloon Park, Hong Kong. The visual quality of an urban park scene is measured by its likeability, referring to the probability that the scene will evoke a strong and positive response among the users of the park. Because Hong Kong is an international metropolis, the respondent sample included both Hong Kong residents and tourists. The principal component analysis revealed the three underlying ‘dimensions’ of the appraisal aspects of the data: the ‘affective’ component, the ‘managem…
Effectiveness of pre-anaesthetic assessment clinic: a systematic review of randomised and non-randomised prospective controlled studies
2022
ObjectivesThe aim of this systematic review was to examine the effectiveness of pre-anaesthesia assessment clinics (PACs) in improving the quality and safety of perioperative patient care.DesignSystematic review.Data sourcesThe electronic databases CINAHL Plus with Full Text (EBSCOhost), Medline and Embase (OvidSP) were systematically searched on 11 September 2018 and updated on 3 February 2020 and 4 February 2021.Eligibility criteriaThe inclusion criteria for this study were studies published in English or Scandinavian language and scientific original research that included randomised or non-randomised prospective controlled studies. Additionally, studies that reported the outcomes from a …
Wartość poznawcza sztuki filmowej. Implikacje Stanisława Lema filozofii literatury
2018
The cognitive value of film art. The implications of Stanisław Lem’s philosophy of literatureSince the mid-twentieth century, audiovisuality has taken over the means of communication. Progress in technology has contributed to the dynamic development of media such as film and television. Today we can safely admit that life is under the pressure of audiovisual media. The film is an element of common experience, part of everyday life. The question is whether it is also cognitively valuable? Can a movie be a model that helps you to know yourself, your place in the world, relationships with others? And if so, how much can you trust such knowledge? The aim of this article is to reflect on the cog…