Commentary
Visual Aesthetic Experience
Man can shift his attitude to the surrounding world into an experience
of its visual appearance. He perceives colors, lines, shapes, etc.—at
times denoted as form. Furthermore, these phenomena may be experienced
as having various properties. A color may be experienced as warm or cold,
as cheerful or somber; a line as soft or hard, as merry or aggressive;
a shape as light or heavy. Moreover, such experiences may include pleasure
or displeasure, implying that what is experienced is liked or disliked.
The individual has a preference value experience. This should not be confounded
with an evaluation, a value judgment, which requires cognitive activity
and a comparison. The experience described I designate a visual aesthetic
experience.
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