The Perceptuality of Aesthetics——Comparing Chinese and Western Aesthetics

Baumgarten's insertion of art of aesthetic thinking into was made against a peculiar background: he tried,in the name of beauty,to liberate the scorned and depressed perceptuality. Since the 20th century,with the rise of literary modernism and the deepening transformation of philosophy,the literary and art aesthetics that stresses perceptuality has become one of the mainstreams of western aesthetics. Modern Western aesthetics is surprisingly similar to traditional Chinese aesthetics with non-conceptual,supra-rational wisdom and state of life characterizing the latter. In modern and contemporary China,the perceptuality of aesthetics has experienced ups and downs due to its loaded tasks.