Aisthēsis
Currently showing — See below for details
Gouache on Paper
14.75” x 25.5” Framed
$1,111
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Received Honorable Mention at the Hale Juried Exhibition, awarded by Frank Verpoorten; 2025, Big Gallery, Nantucket, MA
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Ancient Greek: αἴσθησῐς
From αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai, “to perceive”) + -σῐς (-sĭs).
1. Perception from the senses, feeling, hearing, seeing
2. Perception by the intellect as well as the senses
3. That which is perceived: scent
4. Ability to perceive: discernment
5. Cognition or discernment of moral discernment in ethical matters
"Etymologically and conceptually linked with sense perception (as opposed to, in the Platonic tradition, noēsis or intellection) in ancient, medieval, and early-modern thought, aisthēsis formed part of theorizing not only questions surrounding beauty and art, but also perception, epistemology, and even ontology (in, for instance, the work of Plato, Aristotle, and Thomas Aquinas)."
David Vichnar and Louis Armand, Oxford Research Encyclopedia
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This piece is currently showing in the Hale Juried Exhibition, up now through August 25th.
At the Big Gallery, 12 Straight Wharf, Nantucket.
Visit the gallery to see in person, or view and purchase online through the AAN.