Re: [Leica] What is fine art photography?

["Mike Durling" <durling@widomaker.com>]

Read Schopenhauer for a good discussion of aesthetics.  From memory I
believe he says that beauty appeals to the senses while the sublime appeals
without regard to the senses.

Mike D

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Howard" <howard.390@osu.edu>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] What is fine art photography?


> Krechtz@aol.com jotted down the following:
>
> > It would certainly seem appropriate to distinguish between the concept
of
> > beauty and the study, understanding, criticism or appreciation of
beauty, as
> > the dictionary definitions implicitly do.  If the quoted language from
the
> > original  post is properly to be construed as an objection to the use of
> > terms such as "beauty" and "aesthetics" as pure sysnonyms, the point is
well
> > taken.
>
> Absolutely correct.  In addition, many people use 'aesthetic' as synonyms
to
> 'pleasant', 'agreeable', 'beautiful'.  Something that is very ugly,
> disconcerting, or repulsive can have great aesthetic value too.  It just
> isn't 'positive'.
>
> M.
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