Art, music and aesthetics
For everyone
Humans have painted, made music and reflected on beauty for tens of thousands of years. Cave paintings are among the oldest known symbolic expressions; the relation of music to mathematics has been explored since Pythagoras; and the effects of art and music on the brain are now studied scientifically.
For specialists
Aesthetics is the branch of philosophy reflecting on beauty and art; the term was introduced by Baumgarten (1750). Art history, musicology, ethnomusicology and neuroaesthetics study the historical, cultural and cognitive dimensions of art. Whether judgements of beauty are universal or culture-dependent is a basic debate.
Claims
- Judgements of beauty reflect both shared human tendencies and cultural differences.[1]
Connections
New research in this branch
Notable in peer-reviewed journals
- Bohorquez y la Conquista Espúrea del Cerro de la Sal: tres versiones y una historia — Fernando Santos · 2026-09-29 · Amazonía Peruana
- AI赋能下的艺术跨学科美育创新实践研究 — 徐木兰 柴广育 · 2026-10-21 · 当代教育与艺术
- La recepción de la música de Beethoven en España: el caso de Valencia — José Gabriel Guaita Gabaldón, Victoria Alemany Ferrer · 2026-10-14 · Quadrivium Revista de Musicologia
- Arts‐Based Laboratories for Compassionate Futures With Adolescents in Colombian Public Education — Miryam Cristina Fernández Cediel · 2026-10-01 · Social Inclusion
Turkish-language papers
- Kimlik Sorunu ve Yeniden İnşa Sürecinin Türk Sanatına Yansıması: Güncel Sanat Bağlamında Bir Okuma — Güler Arık, Alaybey Karoğlu · 2026-03-29 · Journal of Art and Iconography
- Tekstil ve Moda Tasarımında Sürdürülebilirlik ve Yapay Zekâ Etkileşimi: 2019–2025 Arası Küresel Araştırma Eğilimleri — Beyza Buzol Mülayim, Selma Bulut · 2026-03-06 · Gazi Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi Part C Tasarım ve Teknoloji
- Yapay zekâ, estetik ve duygu: Sosyal medyada üretilen dijital sanatın kodları üzerine bir araştırma — Şerif Arslan · 2025-12-31 · Erciyes Akademi
- Grand Budapeşte Oteli Filmindeki Otelin İki Döneme ait Tasarım Anlayışı Üzerinden Yapay Zeka Desteği ile İncelenmesi — S Aydin, Semanur Koçak, Melike Yenice Yıldız et al. · 2025-12-31 · EKSEN Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Mimarlık Fakültesi Dergisi
Sources
- EncyclopediaThe Concept of the Aesthetic. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophyplato.stanford.eduarchive
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Athena contributors. (2026). Art, music and aesthetics. Athena: The tree of human knowledge. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://latifkedi.github.io/athena/en/d/sanat/
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