I’m a big fan of Nature’s curves and irregularities, but, sometimes it’s a human-created design based on straight lines that catches my attention……as is the case with this building. This, to me, is very European, but maybe you can find this emphasis on straight lines and geometric designs elsewhere too (you tell me).
It makes me think about the differences in aesthetic between, say the Greco-Roman civilisations and the Asian ones. I’m very familiar with the bold straight lines of “Classical” architecture, including a preference for symmetry. But I’m also very familiar with the Japanese aesthetic of wabi sabi, where asymmetry is preferred, along with curves, circles, and designs which can seem, to Western eyes, “incomplete”.
Travel is a great device for expanding your personal aesthetics!
You’ll know I’m a great believer in “and not or”, so it’ll come as no surprise to you to learn that I can delight in both styles.
How about you? Do you have a preference for any particular aesthetic style? And how much is that connected to the culture you grew up in? Have your preferences changed due to encounters with any completely different cultures?
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