Essays on Aesthetics

Progressive Aesthetics and a Return to Passivity One of the most common television show formats, the half-hour long situational comedy (sitcom), demonstrates some of the greatest aesthetic variation among its programs. While sitcoms have evolved visually from the simple theater-like style of All in the...

In Defining ‘Aesthetics’ for Non-Western Studies: The Case of Mesopotamia, Winter (2002) argues that the Western view of “aesthetics” has hindered the way that ancient works of art are interpreted and understood. More specifically, Winter (2002) argued that the Mesopotamian culture must be examined before...

Ernst Lubitsch’s sparkling and elegant comedy, Trouble in Paradise, centers around three characters: a male thief, a female thief, and a wealthy widow. The bare bones of the characters suggest predation and immorality, but the storytelling subverts the more obvious outcome into a comedy of...

Nostalgia is infamously subjective, making it difficult to find a single visual and auditory stimulant that affects the mass audience, however, this essay will explore variations of nostalgia and the chosen text’s similarities and differences in order to discover the most successful use of nostalgia...

Expression and Imitation are one of the three concepts that I have selected to discuss its importance in the text and my justification of why. Expression and Imitation are two concepts that have dictated theories about the Aesthetics in the realm of Western Philosophy (Cavallaro...

Summary of William H. Hayes’ “Architectural Criticism” “Architectural Criticism” was an article written by William H. Hayes and published by The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism in 2002. Hayes “taught philosophy and related courses for more than forty years, primarily at Washington State University...

Dentoalveolar fracture is the most common form of trauma. Dental trauma may occur as a result of a sports mishap, an altercation, a fall inside of the home, or other causes. Traumatic injuries to teeth and their supporting tissues, usually occur in children and adolescents...