eco-friendly aesthetics: an examination of relationships between aesthetics and ecology in the hope...
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Eco-Friendly Aesthetics: an examination of relationships between
aesthetics and ecology in the hope of aligning the two
Sheila Lintott
Philosophy
easy causes
difficult causes
the cost of the “well-kept” lawn
the perils of slimy, grubby, and ugly creatures and the perceived unruliness
of the untamed lawn
a dog show
newborn baby
ridding the world of unruly lawns, snakes, rodents, spiders…
garlic mustard
Walton, “Categories of Art” Standard features count towards and object
being classified in the category.
Variable features are irrelevant to whether an object belongs in a given category.
Contra-standard features tend not to be possessed by an object in a given category.
factors that count toward correctness of category
1. Good # of standard features (and relatively few contra-standard ones).
2. Work comes off at its aesthetic best under that category.
3. Artist intended it to be in said category.
4. Work fits into an established category of art.
venus fly-trap
bats
Congress Ave Bridge
today at the Congress Ave Bridge