As distinct from mere experience of architectural objects, appreciation of architectural objects brings to bear cognition and other inputs, such as history and context.
The movement was concerned with promoting good taste and self-fulfillment through the creation and the appreciation of beautiful objects; its more radical wing also sought to advance worker autonomy.
A staple of philosophy of art is that our experience of art objects direct or otherwise is central to basic belief formation about them (first and foremost, aesthetic belief and appreciation of art objects).
Inside the walls are rustic redwood, found often in Arts and Crafts buildings and consistent with the Swedenborgian appreciation of natural objects, according to the 1969 book "Here Today: San Francisco's Architectural Heritage". The chairs are maple, "made by hand, without the use of nails, and their seats were woven of tule rushes from the Sacramento River Delta," the book says.
There has been some controversy about the sense in which Shaftesburean aesthetic judgment can be said to be disinterested, but it is clear enough that he thought true aesthetic appreciation of an object (like the motivation underlying true moral conduct) is independent of any ideas of how the object might promote one's own interests.
Long involved in appreciation of the object and having developed the eye of a connoisseur, he became an advisor to collectors, a consultant for museum collections, and strove to develop the ideal university collection of African art.
Neurons of the striate cortex may form the first step in appreciation of orientation of objects in the visual field.
The Fiells met in 1987 through the Sotheby's Institute, where they both studied, at different times, a full spectrum of decorative arts history and developed a polymorphous appreciation for objects.
In our throwaway society, the museum officials applauded the shows for helping the public develop a deeper appreciation for the value of objects.
