Literary notes about aesthetic (AI summary)
The term "aesthetic" in literature is employed to address both the nuanced experience of beauty and the critical evaluation of art and culture. It often marks the line between the sensory and the intellectual, as in Kant’s scholarly treatment of transcendental aesthetic conditions that shape our understanding of beauty [1, 2, 3]. At times, aesthetic considerations are weighed against pragmatic, ethical, or commercial concerns—suggesting that the value of beauty is not always paramount [4, 5, 6]. Meanwhile, in narrative works, characters and authors alike invoke aesthetic judgment to express personal sensibilities or to critique artistic shortcomings, reflecting a deep engagement with the emotive quality of form and expression [7, 8, 9, 10].
- But the foundation for this kind of idealism we have already destroyed in the transcendental aesthetic.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant - I. Transcendental Doctrine of Elements First Part—TRANSCENDENTAL AESTHETIC § 1.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant - General Remarks on Transcendental Aesthetic. § 10.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant - Such matters are of aesthetic and of commercial, rather than of spiritual, interest.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis - Its aesthetic qualities have of necessity to be subordinated to its commercial qualities; the artist is the servant of the tradesman.
— from Picture Posters A Short History of the Illustrated Placard with Many Reproductions of the Most Artistic Examples in all Countries by Charles Hiatt - We cannot get rid of the practical for the sake of the aesthetic, but must take up the practical into the aesthetic.
— from The Principles of Aesthetics by De Witt H. (De Witt Henry) Parker - We are inclined to doubt whether the Hebrew Bible, considered merely with a view to its aesthetic value, is even yet fully appreciated.
— from Creed and Deed: A Series of Discourses by Felix Adler - She read to him much from “The Princess,” and often he saw her eyes swimming with tears, so finely was her aesthetic nature strung.
— from Martin Eden by Jack London - But this elegance, this manner, this daintiness of execution are consummate, and have an unmistakable aesthetic value.
— from The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry by Walter Pater - He could see distinct attractions in her; her eyebrows, with their particular curve, gave him keen aesthetic pleasure.
— from The Rainbow by D. H. Lawrence
