With various aesthetic phenomena as the research targets, the course Modern Aesthetics aims to reveal the causes, processes and laws of aesthetic phenomena by means of the research results of modern neurophysiology and psychology. This will enable you to understand the reasons why different aesthetic objects bring about different aesthetic feelings, to know the basic laws of how social life, innate instinct and sensory organs arouse aesthetic feelingss, and to have a better understanding of the mechanism and law of aesthetics in artistic aesthetics and aesthetic education.
On the basis of presenting a related theory system of modern aesthetics, a large number of typical aesthetic cases are chosen deliberately to reveal aesthetic laws in a vivid way. This enables learners to comprehend the essence of beauty during a pleasant learning process.
Three main parts are included in the course.
The first part introduces the development process and nature of aesthetics. These will include how aesthetics came into being, the major events in the process of development, the main theories and representative figures, the difference between modern aesthetics and traditional aesthetics, the research purpose, research objects, and the research methods of aesthetics.
The second part introduces the basic theory of modern aesthetics, including the mechanism and process of aesthetic phenomena, the law of how social life, physiological instinct and sensory organs form aesthetic psychology so as to arouse aesthetic feeling, and also the law of development and change after an aesthetic occurrence.
The third part introduces the research results of aesthetics in two departments, i.e., the mechanism and law of artistic aesthetics, the mechanism and route of aesthetic education.
Through this course, you will have a good command of the basic theory about modern aesthetics, gain insight of the reasons, mechanisms and laws behind all kinds of aesthetic phenomena, and improve your ability to appreciate, pursue and create beauty.
Chapter2 The Origin and Development of Aesthetics
2.1 The Origin of Aesthetics
2.2 The Findings of "Beauty" in Traditional Aesthetics
2.3 The End of Traditional Aesthetics
2.4 The Rise of Modern Aesthetics
Chapter3 The Research Purpose of Modern Aesthetics
Chapter4 Research Object of Aesthetics
4.1 Research Object of Aesthetics
4.2 The Composition of Aesthetic Phenomena
4.3 Classification of the Aesthetic Phenomena
Chapter5 Mechanisms of Aesthetic Phenomena
5.1 The Causes of Aesthetic Sense of the Manifest Utilitarian Aesthetic Objects
5.2 Reasons for Aesthetic Sense in the Hidden Utilitarian Aesthetic Objects
5.3 Mechanisms of Aesthetic Phenomena
Chapter6 The laws of Aaesthetic Psychology Formed by Social Life
6.1 Interpersonal Influence Forms of Aesthetic Psychology Law
6.2 Social Status Forming the Aesthetic Psychological Law
6.3 The Level of Social Development Forms the Law of Aesthetic Psychology
6.4 The Pursuit of Utility Forms the Law of Aesthetic Psychology
Chapter7 The Laws of Aesthetic Psychology Formed by Physiological Instincts
7.1 The Instinct of Curiosity Forms the Aesthetic Psychological Law
7.2 The Sexual Instinct Forms the Aesthetic Psychological Law
7.3 The Creative Instinct Forms the Aesthetic Psychological Law
7.4 The Life Instinct Forms the Aesthetic Psychological Law
Chapter8 The Laws of Aesthetic Psychology Formed by Sensory Organs
8.1 The Role of Vision in Aesthetic Activities
8.2 The Role of Vision in Aesthetic Activities
8.3 The Role of Smell in Aesthetic Activities
8.4 The Role of Tactile Sense in Aesthetic Activities
8.5 The Role of Temperature Sense in Aesthetic Activities
8.6 The Role of Spatial Sense in Aesthetic Activities
Chapter9 The Law of Aesthetic Psychological Change
9.1 The Law of Aesthetic Psychological Enhancement
9.2 The Law of Aesthetic Psychological Decline
Chapter10 The Mechanism and Law of Artistic Aesthetics
10.1 The Formation of Basic Forms of Art
10.2 Mechanism by which the Basic Form of Art Causes Aesthetic Feelings
10.3 Mechanisms in which Artistic Content Arouses Aesthetics
10.4 The Special Law of Artistic Aesthetics
Discussion: Modern Aesthetics and Moral Education
Chapter11 the Mechanism and Route of Aesthetic Education
11.1 Function and Mechanism of Aesthetic Education
11.2 Approaches to Aestheticization Education
11.3 Approaches to Pure Aesthetic Education
11.4 Method of Aesthetic Self-Cultivation
