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•November 23, 2008 • Leave a CommentSublime
Is the quality of greatness, whether physical, maoral,intellectual, aesthetic, spiritual or artistic. The term especially refers to a greatness with which nothing else can be compared and which is beyond all possibility of calculation , measurment or imitation. The greatness is often used when referring to nature and its vastness.
Romantic artists during the 19th century used the epic of nature as an expression of the sublime.
Sensuous
Affecting senses, rather than intellect
Sensual
Arousing gratification of the senses and physical esp sex, pleasure
What is beauty?
Individual experience
To know what beauty is, you have to know what ugly is
Taste (Judgement)
Imitation
To imitate is to act or follow a pattern or style set by another. “Art imitates Nature” Richard Franck
