Open AccessPhysiological and psychological basis of aesthetics
Author(s) -
A. I. Smirnov
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nevrologičeskij vestnik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2304-3067
pISSN - 1027-4898
DOI - 10.17816/nb50119
Subject(s) - aesthetics , psychology , element (criminal law) , basis (linear algebra) , cognitive psychology , art , mathematics , geometry , political science , law
From everything that has already been stated and explained, it follows that the physiological condition of aesthetic effects consists in such functioning of living tissues of nerves and muscles, which achieves the greatest amount of energy detection with the least fatigue, or depletion of the corresponding organs. Analyzing the sensations of light and colors, we are convinced that only visual sensations are pleasant and can therefore be an element of aesthetic combinations, which represent healthy excitation of the optic nerve with the least of its fatigue.