About Beauty - Links
Beauty and arts
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"Schönheit wurde schon immer hergestellt". Interview: the theorist Sigrid Weigel talks with Stephan Hilpold about beautiful sciences, ugly arts and men in dungarees. in German
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"Verweile doch! du bist so schön". Article by Andreas Mertin: About the enchantment of images. in German
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"Wahre Schönheit?". Article by Alexander Piecha. in German
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"Männliche Schönheit in der bildenden Kunst". series of images and sculptures. in German
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"Schönheit und Schmerz in der menschlichen Gestalt ". Introduction from: "Schönheit und Schmerz in der menschlichen Gestalt. Graphische Arbeiten von Donald von Frankenberg" by Heide Hollmer. in German
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"The Nature of Beauty in Contemporary Art". Article by Suzi Gablik. in English
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"Art and beauty". Excerpts from "The Painter: A Novel of Pursuit" and "Sonnets" by Stephen Denning. in English
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"The other beauty myth". Essay by Daniel Kunitz. in English
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"Beauty is nothing". site of an exhibition, that took place in June 2004 and contains an exhibition description and artist`s statements as well as an interview with Raymond Morrow. in English
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"Philosophical Perspective: Art, Analogies and Taste". Extract from "Secrets of Spectacular Chess". in English
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Beauty and architecture
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"Über die Schönheit in der Architektur". Article by Heinrich Schattenburg. in German
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"Themen zeitgenössischer Architekturdebatten (XIX): Schönheit". Essay by Werner Sewing. in German
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"Schönheit als Grundbedarf des Lebens". Interview with Walter Gropius. in German
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"Kommt Ihre Kunst ohne Lüge nicht aus, Herr Hundertwasser?". Interview with Friedensreich Hundertwasser. in German
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"Beauty in the Industrial Arts: Architecture". Chapter XIII from the book "The principles of Aesthetics" by Dewitt H. Parker. in English
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"Structure, Function, Beauty". Article by Horace Havemeyer III. in English
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"The Aesthetics of Architecture". Article by Mary McElwee. in English
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"On Ugliness and Architecture". Essay by Stephen Form. in English
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"Architecture, Utility, and Aesthetics". Essay by ACD. in English
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"The architecture project: Aesthetics". Problem sets, that provide visual example and brief description of the basic aesthetic concepts valued by our culture. in English
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Books
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"On Beauty and Being Just" by Elaine Scarry. in English
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"Beauty and Art (Oxford History of Art)" by Elizabeth Prettejohn. in English
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"The sense of Beauty. Being the outline of Aesthetic Theory" by George Santayana. in English
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"On the Sublime and Beautiful" by Edmund Burke. in English
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"History of Beauty" by Umberto Eco. in English
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