Aesthetics

Adrian Stokes - Series of articles reviews life and work. Annotated bibliography.
adrianstokes.com/

Aesthesis - Weblog devoted to the discussion of aesthetics and art related topics.
aesthesis.atlblogs.com

Aesthetic Judgment - Philosophical theories about judgments of taste; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by Nick Zangwill.
plato.stanford.edu/entries/aesthetic-judgment/

Aesthetics - Barry Hartley Slater gives an overview of this branch of philosophy explaining concepts such as sublime, representation, aesthetic value, and expression.From the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
www.iep.utm.edu/a/aestheti.htm

Aesthetics : Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online - Malcolm Budd's contribution on Aesthetics.
www.rep.routledge.com/article/M046

Aesthetics of Symmetry - A numerical rating system to judge the visual impact and aesthetics of various motifs operated upon by symmetrical transformations.
home.earthlink.net/~jdc24/symmetry.htm

Aesthetics-L - Mailing list for the exchange of ideas and information about aesthetics and philosophy of art.
www.aesthetics-online.org/aesthetics-l/index.html

African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning - University of Virginia exhibition site emphasizing the formal aesthetic aspects of the objects and the moral and religious ideas they express, beyond cultural boundaries.
www.lib.virginia.edu/clemons/RMC/exhib/93.ray.aa/African.html

Architectural Aesthetics - Aesthetic values explored at the University of Arizona in terms of balance, order, integrity and meaning.
architecture.arizona.edu/courses/arc103/trad103/tutorials/fundamentals/aesthetics/aesthetics.html

Art and Imagination: Implications of Cognitive Science for Moral Education - Article by Jonathan Rethorst. Reviews the claim that art is good for the soul.
www.ed.uiuc.edu/EPS/PES-yearbook/97_docs/rethorst.html

ArtLex - Art Dictionary - Reference material in art, art history, art criticism, aesthetics, and art education. Definitions of thousands of terms, illustrations, quotations, and links to other resources.
www.artlex.com/

Beauty and the Beautiful - A list of recommended websites that are concerned with the nature of beauty. Part of the F.M.'s Webhits directory.
fmswebhits.francis-was-here.me.uk/webhits-beaut.htm

Beauty in the Ear of the Beholder - An essay discussing Eduard Hanslick's theory of the musically beautiful, with links to further information and sound recordings.
beautymatters.blogspot.com/2000_01_02_beautymatters_archive.html

Beauty Matters - Articles and teaching resources on aesthetics, visual art, fashion and the culture of beauty.
beautymatters.blogspot.com

Bit-String Aesthetics - Describes the connection between aesthetics and binary number (structure of zeros and ones).
www.stanowski.neostrada.pl

B-U-T, a Beauty Puzzle - Developing web brain, concerned with the puzzling myriad of aspects of the universal phenomenon: beauty.
b-u-t.info

Chenguang Lu - Theory of aesthetics based on dissatisfaction.
survivor99.com/lcg/english/

Class Home Page: Philosophy 361 - Complete Philosophy of Art internet course at California State University, Long Beach. Includes e-texts and extensive links.
www.csulb.edu/~jvancamp/361/

Contemporary Art Test - Criteria for determining quality in contemporary art. Links to Biddington's art business.
www.biddingtons.com/content/shechtertest.html

Developments in Indian Art and Culture - Explores the philosophical influences on Indian sculpture as well as the value system that created different criterion for expression in the Indian miniature.
india_resource.tripod.com/art.html

The Enchantment of Modern Life: Attachments, Crossings, and Ethics - Stanley Bates reviews this book by Jane Bennett.From Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.
ndpr.nd.edu/review.cfm?id=1260

The End of Art - Discussion of "The Death of Art" theory at Frostburg State University Philosophical Forum.
faculty.frostburg.edu/phil/forum/Art.htm

The Infography - Aesthetics: Ethical Aspects - Sources for the study of the ethical aspects of aesthetics.
www.infography.com/content/411158825462.html

Japanese Aesthetics - Overview of the most important aesthetic ideas that have arisen in the course of the Japanese philosophical tradition. From the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
plato.stanford.edu/entries/japanese-aesthetics/

John Berger Quotes - Quotations from the writings of the Marxist/humanist art critic, artist and novelist.
thinkexist.com/quotes/john_berger

Jurate Macnoriute. Articles on Art Theory. Painting - List of articles on art theory by Jurate Macnoriute. Geometric art analysis, proportions, golden section, visual semiotics, painting, colours analysis.
www.freehomepages.com/jumac/Articles.html

Metaphysics and Art - Exploration of the classical and scholastic Philosophy of Art, and a discussion of modern art, especially Kandinsky, in the light of classical thought. By Dr. Piotr Jaroszynski.
www.vaxxine.com/hyoomik/lublin/art.htm

On Connoisseurship - Art connoisseur Richard de Koster brings with various ideas about the role of the artist in society, based on a 1994 exhibition at the Boston Institute of Fine Arts.
www.highlands.com/art/

Philosophy and Literature - Including ideas in the aesthetics of literature, philosophical interpretation of literature, and literary treatment of philosophy, hosted by Project MUSE.
muse.jhu.edu/journals/philosophy_and_literature/

Physics, Philosophy and Art - Describing 3 views on the world.
huizen.daxis.nl/~henkt/physics-philosophy-art.html

Roger Scruton's Books on Aesthetics - List of Roger Scruton's books including his books on aesthetics and synopsis of each.
www.rogerscruton.com/rs-books.html

Seven Discourses on Art by Sir Joshua Reynolds - Download the Project Gutenberg eBook of Seven Discourses on Art by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
www.gutenberg.org/etext/2176

Terrain Gallery - Based on the philosophic principles of Aesthetic Realism, founded by Eli Siegel. Located in SoHo, New York City.
www.terraingallery.org

18th Century French Aesthetics - Jacques Morizot's entry examines the French junction between Enlightenment ideals and the teachings of taste. From the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
plato.stanford.edu/entries/aesthetics-18th-french/

Theasif.information - Exploring virtual reality and the philosophy of art, with methodology, biography, and essays on virtuality.
members.aol.com/rrumpledsilkskin/rmplweb1.htm

Thomas Becker's Philosophy about Music - Composer, Thomas Becker's ideas about beauty and quality in music.
www.tbecker.net/main/philosophy-english.htm

Transcendental Aesthetics and Writing - Aesthetics in transcendental literature, including Emerson and Thoreau.
www.vcu.edu/engweb/transcendentalism/

The Transhistorical Image: Philosophizing Art and its History - Daniel Herwitz reviews this book by Paul Crowther. From Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.
ndpr.nd.edu/review.cfm?id=1210

Trevor Pateman's Selected Works - Topics in philosophical aesthetics including imagination, formalism, beauty and Rothko.
www.selectedworks.co.uk/index.html

WCP: Aesthetics and Philosophy of the Arts - The Paideia Project: Proceedings of the 20th World Congress of Philosophy. Archive of contributed papers in Aesthetics and Philosophy of the Arts.
www.bu.edu/wcp/MainAest.htm