Aesthetic experiences — of harmony, beauty, the sublime, shock, awe, wonder — are integral to a flourishing life; educators ...

A celebration of life in dark times: Andreas Dresen’s “In Liebe, Eure Hilde” is a tender portrait of resistance fighter Hilde Coppi, a member of the “Rote Kapelle”. In Liebe, Eure Hilde (From Hilde, ...

Moving beyond the austere modernism of the 1920s and 1930s, mid-century modern design embraced a more human aesthetic while ...

This study investigates how visual features of Chinese characters, such as size and weight, influence human aesthetic preferences. By understanding these preferences, designers can create ...

This article was originally published on culturess.com as Join or Die's deeply human moments are undercut by a surface-level aesthetic.