Temenuga Trifonova . 1. (RM) Once we make good the position that literary styles can educate our cognitive habits we are only halfway to a theory of aesthetic education; a more complete theory would require an exploration of the deeper epistemological and metaphysical commitments at play. The concept of the aesthetic descends from the concept of taste. The two central thinkers discussed are Georg Simmel and Michel Maffesoli. Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) was an Indian educator who established the Santiniketan schools, which replicated to a large extent the ashram or forest school of ancient India, where gurus and their pupils lived in a residential hermitage. Aesthetics, the philosophical study of beauty and taste. Part 5, "Teaching and Learning in Aesthetic Education," describes the character of critical discussion, and how teachers must have knowledge of … (4) The Character of Aesthetic Experience (Extended discussion on the lecture notes & quotations discussed in class) ARTH325 Carolyn Matthews May 15, 2012 (Kant, Dutton, Wicks, Schopenhauer, Marra, Odin) I have been talking and thinking about the aesthetic experience all … Schiller’s On the Aesthetic Education of Man: The Origins of the Postmodern Sublime in the Ethical Evaluation of the Aesthetic . Schiller’s treatise On the Aesthetic Education of Man was largely ignored after the initial reactions to its publication. The first pioneered a sociology grounded in aesthetics through the study of forms of sociation where, as social interaction becomes more fully autonomous, the aesthetic attraction of doing things together starts to dominate. The Aesthetic in Education and in Life 105 While this stresses the affinity between the presentation of patterned coherence with an objective outlook, other novelists have connected coherence with the faithful presentation of their personal character, aware that the two must merge. In short, music education as aesthetic education should in the end pro-vide the individual with the skills necessary to perceive the objective quali-ties of an artwork, to estimate its aesthetic value, and, finally, to enjoy those experiences with a marked aesthetic character;1 3 that is to say, "to It is closely related to the philosophy of art, which treats the nature of art and the concepts in terms of which works of art are interpreted and evaluated. At the center of my essay, Friedrich Schiller’s 1795 treatise On the Aesthetic Education of Man in a Series of Letters presents a theory of education based on beauty and aesthetic experience, directed toward unifying the different aspects of man’s character and developing his moral sensibility. ... but also raised questions about its representation that are still discussed today. This article addresses the nature of modern aesthetics and its underlying principles and concerns. Tagore's aesthetic ideals of education as manifested in the school at Santiniketan are discussed. The Concept of Taste. Approaches to curriculum design are discussed along with the cognitive and moral outcomes of aesthetic education. Understanding Aesthetics.