On Chinese Aesthetics: Interpretative Encounter between Taoism and Confucianism

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-76
Author(s):  
Wangheng Chen ◽  
Jun Qi ◽  
Pingting Hao
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Art Music ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Chinese Aesthetics ◽  
Natural Forms ◽  
Artistic Image

Abstract Chinese aesthetics mainly derives from Confucianism and Taoism. This essay attempts to revisit the main theories that run through Confucian and Taoist aesthetics in order to make them comprehensible within a broader global context. Aesthetics in Confucianism pertains to fields as various as literature, art, music and the natural environment. It holds the idea of ren 仁 (human-heartedness) as the essential attribute of beauty. In comparison, Taoist aesthetics emphasizes the centrality of tao 道 (way), which transpires through naturalness, and, as such, considers natural forms to offer the highest degree of beauty. In order to understand variations of representation and interpretation in Confucian and Taoist aesthetics, the essay discusses accordingly the three fundamentals of Chinese aesthetics: beauty, feeling of beauty, and artistic image. This comparative study will hopefully bring to light differences and similarities between two traditions, which may also resonate within the wider context of modern global aesthetics.

scholarly journals Architecture, that wins peaks – triumph or confusion

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 00191
Author(s):  
Anna Wojtas Harań
Keyword(s):  
High Altitude ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Specific Character ◽  
Natural Landscape ◽  
Natural Forms ◽  
Mountain Environment ◽  
The Alps ◽  
Tourist Infrastructure

The natural landscape provokes artists to revive it with architecture. Architects overcome technical limitations, physiographic, customary more or less picturesquely incorporating their works into the richness of natural forms. Many benefits come from this recklessness for the region. The hit trend is also appreciated for the triumph of technical thought. It puts into confusion at once because of the gradual takeover of the natural environment. The aim of the work is to search for solutions that would help preserve the beauty of the mountain environment and at the same time make the widest group of recipients available. Analyzing the above issues, the comparative method was used, presenting achievements in the field of high-altitude objects design in extreme physiographic conditions, implemented in the Alps region. The region has a developed ski and tourist infrastructure. It is an example of maintaining moderation and specific character, despite growing new needs and expectations from tourists and sportsmen. However, it is not free from the over-investment trap.

Comparative study of plutonium and Americium bioaccumulation from two marine sediments contaminated in the natural environment

1991 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.F. Hamilton ◽  
S.W. Fowler ◽  
J. LaRosa ◽  
E. Holm ◽  
J.D. Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Marine Sediments ◽  
Natural Environment

scholarly journals Music Computer Technologies in Education as a Tool for Implementing the Polymodality of Musical Perception

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-40
Author(s):  
Irina B. Gorbunova ◽  
Konstantin Yu. Plotnikov
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Human Perception ◽  
Art Music ◽  
Computer Technologies ◽  
Musical Perception ◽  
Holistic Understanding ◽  
Software And Hardware ◽  
Computer Keyboard ◽  
Artistic Image ◽  
Educational Field

The article reveals the psychological aspects of the perception of music and interaction with it when using music computer technologies, which are a software and hardware complex (musical computer, keyboard synthesizer, DJ console, smartphone with sound programs, etc.) in conjunction with the methodology of its application in creativity and in music training. Revealing the contradictions that are typical for the educational field “Art: Music”, the authors propose and use in their research an interdisciplinary approach (psychology, neurophysiology, pedagogy, computer science and Information & Communication Technology) in a holistic consideration of the phenomenon of music in connection with the phenomenon and processes of its perception, creation, and translation. The main problem is identified as the need to identify and take into account the psychophysiological factors that affect a person when interacting with music. The goal is to study the effect of convergence of the music computer technologies, manifested through the phenomenon of polymodality of perception of an artistic image is solved through the analysis of existing interpretations of polymodality, related connotations and classifications of synesthesia, using examples of technological and cultural manifestations of the polymodal nature of perception (syncretism of arts, associativity as a method of interpretation of an artistic image). Discussed insights on the future prospects of the study of polymodality of perception and representation of the artistic image of a musical work as one of the key features actualized in music computer technologies the effect of convergence and to explore the effect of virtualization, the use of potential of these technologies and multimodal nature of human perception for the holistic understanding of works of art.

scholarly journals “One Kind of Water Brings Another.” Teresa de Jesús and Ibn ‘Arabi

Religions ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 542
Author(s):  
María M. Carrión
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Early Modern ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
16Th Century ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Ibn Arabi ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Mystical Literature ◽  
Teresa De Jesus ◽  
Vital Element

Mystical literature and spirituality from 16th-century Spain engage religious images from the three most prominent religions of al-Andalus—Christianity, Islam, and Judaism: among others, the dark night, the seven concentric castles, the gazelle, the bird, the sefirot‘s encircled iggulim or towering yosher, the sacred fountain, ruins, and gardens. Until the 20th-century, however, scholarship read these works mostly as “Spanish” mysticism, alienated from its Andalusī roots. This comparative study deploys theological, historical, and textual analysis to dwell in one of these roots: the figure of the garden’s vital element, water, as represented in the works of Teresa de Jesús and Ibn ‘Arabi. The well-irrigated life written by these mystics underscores the significance of this element as a path to life, knowledge, and love of and by God. Bringing together scholarship on Christian and Sufi mysticism, and underscoring the centrality of movement, flow, and circulation, this article pieces together otherwise disparate readings of both the individual work of these two figures and their belonging in a canon of Andalusī/Spanish mysticism. The weaving of these threads will offer readers a different understanding of early modern religion, alongside traditional readings of Spain’s mystical literature and its place in the global context.

scholarly journals A természeti környezetre utaló településnevek kronológiai viszonyai

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
pp. 121-132
Author(s):  
Éva Kovács
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Comparative Studies ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Single Component ◽  
Human Environment ◽  
Relative Chronology ◽  
Two Component

Chronological Features of Settlement Names Referring to the Natural Environment In this paper I examine the chronological features of settlement names referring to the natural environment. My objective is to find out when and in what propor-tion this name type and its structural categories (names without a formant, single-component and two-component names) appeared in sources from the Old Hungari-an Era and how their frequency changed during the centuries. My findings based on the relative chronological analysis are compared with the chronological features of the settlement names referring to people. For this comparative study, I chose a sub-category of names referring to the human environment, the type of settlement names formed from the names of social groups (ethnonyms, names of tribes, and occupational names). Keywords: toponyms from the early Old Hungarian Era, settlement names referring to the natural environment, frequency, relative chronology, comparative studies

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