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  2. Architectural design values - Wikipedia

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    An alternative architectural theory based on scientific laws, as for example A Theory of Architecture is now competing with purely aesthetic theories most common in architectural academia. This entire body of work can be seen as balancing and often questioning design movements that rely primarily upon aesthetics and novelty.

  3. Applied arts - Wikipedia

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    The applied arts are all the arts that apply design and decoration to everyday and essentially practical objects in order to make them aesthetically pleasing. [1] The term is used in distinction to the fine arts, which are those that produce objects with no practical use, whose only purpose is to be beautiful or stimulate the intellect in some way.

  4. Polite architecture - Wikipedia

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    Polite architecture, or "the Polite" in architectural theory comprises buildings designed to include non-local styles for aesthetically pleasing decorative effect by professional architects. The term groups most named current architectural styles and can be used to describe many non- vernacular architectural styles.

  5. Proportion (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    In classical architecture, proportions were set by the radii of columns. Proportion is a central principle of architectural theory and an important connection between mathematics and art . It is the visual effect of the relationship of the various objects and spaces that make up a structure to one another and to the whole.

  6. 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 ...

  7. Unity in variety - Wikipedia

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    Human brain is wired to see the connections, so finding such groups (based on elements being close together or having similar looks, sounds, or textures [4]) feels aesthetically pleasing. [ 5 ] Paul Hekkert offers a multi-course meal as an example: a pleasing meal might have a variety of tastes between different courses, yet the unity is ...

  8. Composition (visual arts) - Wikipedia

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    For example, a work of art is said to be aesthetically pleasing to the eye if the elements within the work are arranged in a balanced compositional way. [10] However, there are artists such as Salvador Dalí who aim to disrupt traditional composition and challenge the viewer to rethink balance and design elements within art works.

  9. Machine aesthetic - Wikipedia

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    The adherents of machine aesthetic called for elimination of traditional for architecture (and furniture design) structural distinctions between load and support. For example, in the Red and Blue Chair (1917) the (red) back plays the role of the load (supported by a crossbar underneath the seat) and provides support for the arms at the same ...