Terms

• What is the meaning of the 'Sublime'?

  Astonishment evoked by art
• What did Burke say of the 'Sublime'?

  Burke said the 'Sublime' evokes feelings of awe, terror, and astonishment, leading to a sense of the infinite and the divine.
• How did Burke differentiate the 'Sublime' from other categories?

  Its capacity to evoke intense emotions and inspire awe through experiences of nature’s vastness.
• What did Burke say of the 'Sublime' in his 1757 book?

  No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its power of acting and reasoning as terror; and whatever is terrible with regard to sight, is sublime.
• What is the meaning of the 'Picturesque'?

  Object or view worthy of being in a picture
• When was the 'Picturesque' made into an aesthetic category?

  Late 18th Century

  Britain
• Where did Price situate the 'Picturesque'?

  Between the awe inspiring sublime and the serenely beautiful
• What elements does the 'Picturesque' usually contain?

  Curious details

  Interesting textures

  Dark to light palette
• What did Gilpin say was the differentiation between the 'Beautiful' and the 'Picturesque' in 1794?

  which please the eye in their natural state; and those, which please from some quality, capable of being illustrated by painting.
• What is the meaning of the 'Beautiful'?

  A category distinguished carefully from the sublime
• How did Burke interpret the 'Beautiful'?

  Believed both beauty and sublime were perceived emotionally

  Sublime - awe or terror

  Beautiful - comprehensible and pleasurable
• How did Kant interpret the 'Beautiful'?

  Beautiful objects need no purpose or underlying concept

  Viewer projects beauty onto natural objects - creating delight
• What did Kant's theory on the 'Beautiful' help pave the way for?

  Justified the creation of beautiful art objects

  Helping to pave the way for Romanticism