Module 2

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Aesthetics Philosophy of the Art: Aesthetics is the philosophical study of art and beauty. Art leads from the dark and into the light. The 20th century saw an explosion of interest in aesthetics. The notion of art itself was always a major argument. The first half of the century the dominant view was known as the expression theory of art Tolstoy was the biggest supporter of this theory. He advocated for the philosophy of art whilst Collingwood formulated it later on.

CARTA: Evolutionary Origins of Art and Aesthetics: Neurobiology, Neurology and Art and Aesthetics: In this video key concepts that were presented was how we develop our perception of art and aesthetics. That was shown through neurobiology. 

CNN Article: Our brain can interpret everything that we see preliminary marks everyday marks that we experience. Also artist have found ways to manipulate depth

2.The philosopher theory that I find most important is R.G. collington on aesthetics.  The theory was formulated in 1938. The expression theory states that art is the expression of emotion.

3. I have never looked into the scientific aspect of art. The lecture shows that art and science although different subjects can be connected in a way.The most interesting fact that I took away from the lecture is that art is created to exaggerate to be pleasing to the human mind. 

4.They relate to each-other by each describing the aesthetics of art in some way .

5.The films and article helped me deepen my understanding on aesthetics and I am a visual learner so the videos helped me to process it more.