Aesthetics as a science is a branch of philosophy that studies the nature of art and our relationship to it.It originated in the 18th century in Europe and developed mainly in England, studying areas such as poetry, sculpture, music and dance.Then we classify art in one section, calling it Les Beaux Arts or Fine Arts.
Philosophers have argued that such a concept as "aesthetic norms" by itself can not explain the beauty.Of course, beauty can have the properties of both the rational order, symmetry and proportion, but at most the concept of "art" is not unormirovano.People intuitively create art, working with human feelings, experiences and emotions without thinking about such a thing as the aesthetic norm.
aesthetic experience may include a mixture of different feelings, such as pleasure, anger, sorrow, suffering and joy.Immanuel Kant described as the art of the region, which is the preferred form of the function.Beauty, he said, depended on the specific figures, which were directly related.For example, a horse can be beautiful no matter how well it runs.
Our judgments have long been gone from the medieval principles of the so-called "Age of Enlightenment" and, accordingly, to the idea that human intuition can be regarded as a source of knowledge.
However, to some extent our understanding of the beautiful often not as unique as it seems at first glance, and is interconnected with the public opinion.Although the role of the individual in relation to the arts should not be discounted.
These two theories - the personal perception and public recognition - are not mutually exclusive, but rather interact and come out of each other.In other words, the aesthetic norm in some way formed the society and, therefore, are a kind of social norms.This conclusion can be drawn from the definition of the concept.
Philosophers have argued that social norms - it group or social conception of how an individual should behave in a certain context.That is, it determines the behavior of the society, which is most expected.Sociologists, along with psychologists are studying how "unwritten laws" of society determine not only our behavior, but also the attitude to certain things - perception of the world.Oddly enough, but social norms influence our preferences, we believe, by definition, highly individual.
example, musical preferences, belonging to any political movement or a favorite author, of course, may differ from those that are elected by the majority.But today critics have come to this conclusion: if a product has at least one fan, it has the right to exist and to be called a work of art, regardless of the views of the majority.
This position in contemporary art began to appear more and more new areas.Among these should be called fashionable nowadays among young rap and rock music, modernism and impressionism in fine art, and so on. D.
However, some "artists" in the pursuit of originality create such art movement, which run counter towell-established notions of aesthetics, beauty and affordability.For example, everything that is connected with excrement acting as either "ready subject of art" or as material for its production, can not be considered beautiful.And it goes this direction is considered to be contrary to the aesthetic standards, recognized by modern man.
Social norms determine whether an individual in a group or outside it.The basic question is, are there certain aesthetic norms exceptional leader or folded over time under the influence of the whole society.
