Aesthetics

Aesthetics

Dark Academia
People around the world, mostly Generation Z, are obsessed with the look and feel of gothic, elitist universities. Why?
Stendhal syndrome
People who visit Florence seem strangely susceptible to Stendhal syndrome, which is blamed on an overwhelming sense of awe.
If you put very fine black powder powder in a confined space it explodes in a cloud of heat, gas and noise.
A man walks through the snow listening to music on his headphones.
Just as storylines make sense only when you have the context of the beginning and the end, listeners need to understand the impetus for why the album was even made.
uncanny robot
The most technically impressive feats of animation often strike us as eerie instead of impressive, and it’s all thanks to the uncanny valley.
all i want for christmas
The singer-songwriter distilled the essence of the holidays into a hit song, and for her efforts she was crowned the Queen of Christmas.
Nacht Wacht at Rijksmuseum
Released in 1972, "Ways of Seeing" has proven to be as worthy of study as the artistic traditions it investigates.
cosmic beauty
We should all pause to appreciate the awe-inspiring beauty of the Universe.
Nietzsche painting
The German thinker wrote both treatises and songs. He approached each form of expression with the same level of interest.