• Quick note - the problem with Youtube videos not embedding on the forum appears to have been fixed, thanks to ZiprHead. If you do still see problems let me know.

aesthetics

  1. T

    Model for arts education

    I'm wondering what you all might think is the most effective path for arts education to take in the public school sphere. The aesthetic, arts for arts sake approach has been and continues to be the dominant philosophy in most arts ed, especially in music. I was certainly brought up and trained...
  2. dogjones

    Painting of woman with great personality to fetch upwards of $17M

    Please tell me who is setting the value on this painting. Why is it worth this much? I am no aesthete - can someone enlighten me? I mean, the painter is still alive and everything! Is the value of art subject to the whimsy of the uber-rich? Or is there a semblance of objective criteria to...
  3. D

    Removal of ribs for aesthetic purposes?

    Does it really exist? In the Snopes site it is said that it didn't existed in Victorian times, and that most/all of the celebrities which are said to have done this surgery haven't done. But there's someone who seems to be real life's Nick Riviera if you search for that.... but the pictures in...

Back
Top Bottom