sublime beauty
11sublime — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. inspiring, impressive; noble, lofty, exalted, elevated; superb, magnificent, glorious. See beauty, greatness, pleasure. Ant., common, lowly. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Noble] Syn. exalted, lofty,… …
12sublime — adjective (sublimer, sublimest) 1》 of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe. 2》 extreme or unparalleled: the sublime confidence of youth. verb 1》 Chemistry (with reference to a solid substance) change directly …
13sublime — A concept, thing or state of exceptional and awe inspiring beauty and moral or intellectual expression a goal to which many nineteenth century artists aspired in their artworks. Noble, majestic. Also see aesthetics, chado, cute, harmony,… …
14Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime — (Beobachtungen über das Gefühl des Schönen und Erhabenen) is a 1764 book by Immanuel Kant. The first complete translation into English was published in 1799. The second was published in 1960 by the University of California Press. Contents 1… …
15A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful — is a 1757 treatise on aesthetics written by Edmund Burke. It attracted the attention of prominent Continental thinkers such as Denis Diderot and Immanuel Kant. In short, the Beautiful, according to Burke, is what is well formed and aesthetically… …
16The Analysis of Beauty — is a book written by William Hogarth (18th century English painter, satirist, and writer) and published in 1753, which describes Hogarth s attempt at formulating theories of visual beauty and grace in a manner accessible to the common man of his… …
17Mathematical beauty — An example of beauty in method a simple and elegant geometrical proof that the Pythagorean theorem is true for a particular right angled triangle. Many mathematicians derive aesthetic pleasure from their work, and from mathematics in general.… …
18Argument from beauty — The argument from beauty is an argument for the existence of God as against materialism.Outline logical structureIts logical structure is essentially as follows: # There are compelling reasons for considering beauty to exist in a way that… …
19splendid — adjective Etymology: Latin splendidus, from splendēre to shine; perhaps akin to Middle Irish lainn bright Date: 1624 1. possessing or displaying splendor: as a. shining, brilliant b. marked by showy magnificence 2. illustrious, grand 3. a …
20Miss Earth 2008 — Date November 9, 2008 Presenters Billy Crawford, Priscilla Meirelles, Riza Santos Venue Clark Expo Amphitheater, Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines Broadcaster ABS CBN, Studio 23, The F …
