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Category Archives: Aesthetics

Kant’s Dinner Party

November 12, 2015by Sara Davis 7 Comments

My familiarity with the work of Immanuel Kant (1724 – 1804) is mostly centered on Critique of Judgment, in which he explores the roles beauty and aesthetic pleasure play in the life […]

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Aesthetics, Meals, Philosophy

Barthes’ “Ornamental Cookery” in the age of Foodstagram

July 2, 2015by Sara Davis 1 Comment

“Ornamental Cookery” (as it is titled in the translation) is one of my favorite essays in Roland Barthes’ Mythologies, not least because of the vivid and whimsical descriptions of the food prepared […]

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Aesthetics, Class, Visual appeal and presentation
Detail of a gummy bear Chandelier by Kevin Champeny

Ars Gastronomica: Food, Art, and Pleasure

December 10, 2012by Sara Davis 2 Comments

  Last week, I had a post up about the food, art, and aesthetic experience at Table Matters. (Are you reading Table Matters? You should be. Just last week alone […]

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Aesthetics, Art, Philosophy, Playing with Food, Senses

I Scream: Little Baby’s gross advertising tactics

September 11, 2012by Sara Davis 2 Comments

I meant to post about Little Baby’s creepy ice cream ad weeks ago, but it fell off my radar until someone dropped a .gif from it into an Email thread, […]

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Advertising, Aesthetics, Dairy, Dessert, Disgust, Performance

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