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Definition:
Constructivism began in Russia in 1913 among artists who believed that society should
embrace the technological advances of modern society. So, in an effort to derive an
aesthetic experience from modern technology, constructivism developed as a style
sculpture in which objects like glass and metal, and other modern industrial materials
are combined. Constructivists were generally supportive of the Boshevik revolution in
1917, although Stalin's rise to power also saw the elimination of their own artistic
freedom.
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What is Aesthetics?
In philosophy, aesthetics is the study of beauty and taste, whether in the form of the comic, the tragic or the sublime. Aesthetics has traditionally been part of other philosophical pursuits like the investigation of epistemology or ethics. However, it started to come into its own and become a more independent pursuit under Immanuel Kant, the German philosopher who saw aesthetics as a unitary and self-sufficient type of human experience.What is Philosophy?
What is philosophy? Is there any point in studying philosophy, or is it a useless subject? What are the different branches of philosophy - what's the difference between aestheitcs and ethics? What's the difference between metaphysics and epistemology?
