Environmental Aesthetics and the Dynamic Object

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Abstract

In this paper, I lay out a case for why those objects of aesthetic attention which are principally characterized as natural objects should be understood not statically, as existing in merely a three-dimensional fixed state, but as dynamic, as existing in a space-time context, complete with change, movement, and flux. After this, I explain why this is important, how the dynamic nature of natural objects raises a concern for aesthetically evaluating natural objects, and how that concern may be addressed.
Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)1-19
Number of pages20
JournalEthics & The Environment
Volume11
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006

Keywords

  • environmental aesthetics
  • aesthetic objects

Disciplines

  • Aesthetics

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