Task 3
Topic: Aesthetic


Meaning;

             Aesthetics, also spelled esthetics, the philosophical study of beauty and taste. It is closely related to the philosophy of art, which is concerned with the nature of art and the concepts in terms of which individual works of art are interpreted and evaluated.

History Of Aesthetic.

African Aesthrtic.

African art has existed in many forms and styles, with relatively little influence from outside Africa. Most of it followed traditional forms; the aesthetic norms were handed down orally as well as textually. Sculpture and performance art are prominent, and abstract and partially abstracted forms are valued, and were valued long before influence from the Western tradition began in earnest. The Nok culture is testimony to this. The mosque of Timbuktu u shows that specific areas of Africa developed unique aesthetics.

Ancient Greek aesthetics

Greece had the most influence on the development of aesthetics in the West. This period of Greek art saw a veneration of the human physical form and the development of corresponding skills to show musculature, poise,  beauty and anatomically correct proportions. Furthermore, in many Western and Eastern cultures alike, traits such as body hair are rarely depicted in art that addresses physical beauty Greek philosophers initially felt that aesthetically appealing objects were beautiful in and of themselves. Plato believed that for us to have a perception of beauty there must be a transcendent form for beauty in which beautiful objects partake and which causes them to be beautiful also. He felt that beautiful objects incorporated proportion, harmony, and unity among their parts. Similarly, in the Metaphysics, Aristotle found that the universal elements of beauty were order, symmetry, and definiteness. An example of ancient aesthetics in Greece through poetry is Plato's QUOTE: "For the authors of those great poems which we admire, do not attain to excellence through the rules of any art; but they utter their beautiful melodies of verse in a state of inspiration, and, as it were, 
possessed by a spirit not their own.

FIG 1 (FUN)

In this picture you can see different type of stores in each floor identified with their names.It has a 

U-shape, which has a lift in the middle of it. White is a dominant colour followed by blue and red complimenting it. If you look closer there are crystals which are suspended down to beautify the place with different colours of chinese lambs. The top part of this picture you can see an oval flat surface covered with white cloth, which suspens down adding beauty to the rooftop. People are having fun with each other, shopping and eating at the same time. This kind of place brings different kinds of people together to know one another. (Photograph, Sunway Pyramid) 

Fig 2. Unity

              

                   This picture is showing different Race together (Unity) as one race tries to learn and understand the other. It forms a bond, which brings peace. It also shows friendship, the African young man wont be eating with them unless there is a common thing between them, understanding each others culture and beliefs.  In this picture they both respect each others believe thats why the can eat, play and communicate as one.(Photograph, Malaka)

FIG 3. Gathering

              This is a gathering of different kinds of people of age range, size, character, talent and race to demonstrate or show what they got. This picture was taken in a school gathering, if you look at the centre of the picture, there is a guy whose hands are showing movement. That’s the centre of attraction because every single person at the left, right and bottom part of this picture their focus is on him.  The background colour being white brighten up the inner space.( Photograph, Linton college)

  

FIG 4,  Party.

This is a tourist cite where people from different Continents meet each other to exchange pleasantries, couple up and have fun. The building has patterns on them which compliments the floor. The colours are bright which gives beauty to the environment. 

FIG 5. Exploration

This shows exploration, fun and making new friends. The walk way is a path up and down the mountain. Its also a place for hiking,