I’ve been meaning to post this for a while. Here are a couple of excellent art-related videos on Youtube.
Vilayanur Ramachandran on Neurobiology and Aesthetics (Skip to 21m:45s):
Roger Scruton on Beauty (6 parts):
Denis Dutton: A Darwinian theory of beauty:
There is a great wealth of information online these days, but so much of it is hard to find. If anyone else has recommendations, please post them in the comments.
Great video Marc. Thanks
http://www.bg-gallery.ru/image.php?img_id=1801
Videos of levitan explaining his process and technique
This is old, but very interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idvpPE1Lpq8
Best, Marco.
I realise that this is a very old place to add this link – but I enjoyed this Scott Burdick video on beauty v’s modern art.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGX0_0VL06U&index=1&list=PL619ED61282CD714E
The Roger Scruton link seemed dead, so here is a newer link:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1euvbw_bbc-why-beauty-matters-full-version-bbc-roger-scruton_tech