Sensualism

(noun)

a philosophical doctrine of the theory of knowledge, according to which sensations and perception are the basic and most important form of true cognition.

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Examples of Sensualism in the following topics:

  • Figure

    • A number of details identify her as a courtesan—the orchid in her hair, her bracelet, pearl earrings and the oriental shawl on which she lies, symbols of wealth and sensuality.
    • The warm sensuality of Renoir's style made his paintings some of the most well-known and frequently reproduced works in the history of art.

  • The Enlightenment

    • In opposition to the frivolous sensuality of Rococo painters like Jean-Honoré Fragonard and François Boucher, the Neoclassicists looked to the artist Nicolas Poussin for their inspiration.
    • Neoclassicists believed that strong drawing was rational, and therefore morally superior, and that art should be cerebral, not sensual.

  • Transcendentalism

    • Rooted in the transcendental philosophy of Immanuel Kant (and of German Idealism more generally), it developed as a reaction against 18th century rationalism, John Locke's philosophy of Sensualism, and the manifest destiny of New England Calvinism.

  • The Development of Abstract Expressionism

    • In later years, Color Field painting has proven to be both sensual and deeply expressive, albeit in a different way from gestural abstract expressionism.

  • Cuba

    • These painters' images, for all their differences, shared a modern primitivism view of Cuba as an exotic, timeless, and rural land, inhabited by simple and sensual, if also sad and melancholic people.

  • Color Field Painting

    • However, Color Field painting has proven to be both sensual and deeply expressive, albeit in a different way from gestural abstract expressionism.

  • Imagining Your Ideal Workplace

    • Further amenities include gyms, saunas, child care facilities, kitchens, napping stations, libraries, cinema screening rooms, holographic videoconferencing equipment, music listening areas, meditation rooms, tennis and racquetball courts, language laboratories, and private sensual pleasure zones for consenting adults.

  • Movements and Reforms

    • Rooted in the transcendental philosophy of Immanuel Kant (and of German idealism, more generally), the movement developed as a reaction against eighteenth-century rationalism, John Locke's philosophy of sensualism, and the Manifest Destiny of New England Calvinism.

  • Art under the Ming Dynasty

    • This highly individualistic school of poetry and prose was criticized by the Confucian establishment for its association with intense sensual lyricism, which was also apparent in Ming vernacular novels such as the Jin Ping Mei.