-
Essay / Aesthetic Pleasure and Theories - 555
When it comes to aesthetic pleasure, there are many ways to arrive at the idea that something is aesthetic or that something is art, cultures differ , but there are four theories that allow us to discuss how or why something is aesthetic. These theories are: Expression theory, representation theory, institutional theory and formal theory. But before continuing, we must understand what aesthetic pleasure is. Aesthetic pleasure is the pleasure felt by seeing or hearing something beautiful, as long as something is beautiful, then that thing is art. Dictionary.com would support my argument by stating on its website that aesthetic pleasure "relates to the sense of beauty or the philosophy of aesthetics." Many cultures have different ideas about what art is, but they all use specific theories to identify something. By extension, art is beautiful. In hip hop culture where rap is its music, the song "Homecoming" by Kanye West featuring Chris Martin can be discussed on why or how it is art with the use of The Theory of Represe....