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  2. Aesthetics of music - Wikipedia

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    Aesthetics of music is a branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of art, beauty and taste in music, and with the creation or appreciation of beauty in music. [1] In the pre-modern tradition, the aesthetics of music or musical aesthetics explored the mathematical and cosmological dimensions of rhythmic and harmonic organization.

  3. Material culture - Wikipedia

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    Any object created to suit humans can represent a form of material culture. In archaeology, the idea that social relations are embodied in material is well known and established, with extensive research on exchange, gift giving and objects as part of social ceremonies and events.

  4. Music for Objects - Wikipedia

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    Music for Objects is an extended play by Canadian electronic musician Michael Silver, known by his stage name as CFCF.The EP is a 24-minute set of eight compositions that are meant to showcase the emotion of everyday objects, a concept inspired by Wim Wenders' documentary film Notebook on Cities and Clothes (1989).

  5. The arts - Wikipedia

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    The arts are considered various practices or objects done by people with skill, creativity, and imagination across cultures and history, viewed as a group. [1] These activities include painting, sculpture, music, theatre, literature, and more. [2]

  6. Concepts in folk art - Wikipedia

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    Tangible folk art includes historic objects which are crafted and used within a traditional community. Intangible folk arts include forms such as music, dance and narrative structures. Tangible and intangible folk arts were developed to address a need, and are shaped by generational values derived from family and community, through ...

  7. Representation (arts) - Wikipedia

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    An object either (1) is immediate to a sign, and that is the object as represented in the sign, or (2) is a dynamic object, which is the object as it really is, on which the immediate object is founded. Usually, an object in question, such as Hamlet or the planet Neptune, is a special or partial object.

  8. Musical instrument - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese believed that music was an essential part of character and community, and developed a unique system of classifying their musical instruments according to their material makeup. [53] In Vietnam, an archaeological discovery of a 2,000-year old stringed instrument gives important insights on early chordophones in Southeast Asia. [54]

  9. Cubism - Wikipedia

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    Pablo Picasso, 1910, Girl with a Mandolin (Fanny Tellier), oil on canvas, 100.3 × 73.6 cm, Museum of Modern Art, New York. Cubism is an early-20th-century avant-garde art movement begun in Paris that revolutionized painting and the visual arts, and influenced artistic innovations in music, ballet, literature, and architecture.