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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. Aesthetic emotions - Wikipedia

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    Despite the assertions of philosophers advocating the "absolute music" argument, the typical symphony-goer does interpret the notes and chords of the orchestra emotionally; the opening of a Romantic-era symphony, in which minor chords thunder over low bass notes, is often interpreted by layman listeners as an expression of sadness in music.

  4. Phonaesthetics - Wikipedia

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    Phonaesthetics (also spelled phonesthetics in North America) is the study of the beauty and pleasantness associated with the sounds of certain words or parts of words.The term was first used in this sense, perhaps by J. R. R. Tolkien, [1] during the mid-20th century and derives from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ) 'voice, sound' and αἰσθητική (aisthētikḗ) 'aesthetics'.

  5. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    In singing, a controlled swell (i.e. crescendo then diminuendo, on a long held note, especially in Baroque music and in the bel canto period) [2] mesto Mournful, sad meter or metre The pattern of a music piece's rhythm of strong and weak beats mezza voce Half voice (i.e. with subdued or moderated volume) mezzo

  6. Mathematics and art - Wikipedia

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    English. Read; Edit; View history ... and describes the proof as "aesthetically pleasing". ... turn from a Pythagorean notion of harmony in music, where the notes ...

  7. Applied aesthetics - Wikipedia

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    A new art form struggling for acceptance is digital art, a by-product of computer programming that raises new questions about what truly constitutes art.Although paralleling many of the aesthetics in traditional media, digital art can additionally draw upon the aesthetic qualities of cross-media tactile relationships; interactivity; autonomous generativity; complexity and interdependence of ...

  8. Aesthetic–usability effect - Wikipedia

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    The aesthetics factor was manipulated by differing in terms of color combination, visual layout, and text font, which determine the level of aesthetics. [2] According to the study by Hall and Hanna, users perceived websites with white–black and black–white color combinations as less pleasing and stimulating than ones with non-grayscale color combinations.

  9. Composition (visual arts) - Wikipedia

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    Related to the rule of odds is the observation that triangles are an aesthetically pleasing implied shape within an image. In a canonically attractive face, the mouth and eyes fall within the corners of the area of an equilateral triangle. [citation needed] Paul Cézanne successfully used triangles in his compositions of still lifes. A ...