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| [[File:lighterstill.jpg]][[Image:Beauty low res.jpg|right|frame|<center>[[ Euler]]'s Relation</center>]] | | [[File:lighterstill.jpg]][[Image:Beauty low res.jpg|right|frame|<center>[[ Euler]]'s Relation</center>]] |
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− | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century ca. 1510] | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century ca. 1510] |
| ==Definitions== | | ==Definitions== |
| *1a : refined [[grace]] or [[dignified]] propriety : urbanity | | *1a : refined [[grace]] or [[dignified]] propriety : urbanity |
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| '''Elegance''' is a synonym for [[beautiful]] that has come to acquire the additional [[connotations]] of unusual effectiveness and [[simplicity]]. It is frequently used as a standard of tastefulness particularly in the areas of visual [[design]], decoration, [[the sciences]], and the aesthetics of [[mathematics]]. Elegant things exhibit refined [[grace]] and dignified propriety. | | '''Elegance''' is a synonym for [[beautiful]] that has come to acquire the additional [[connotations]] of unusual effectiveness and [[simplicity]]. It is frequently used as a standard of tastefulness particularly in the areas of visual [[design]], decoration, [[the sciences]], and the aesthetics of [[mathematics]]. Elegant things exhibit refined [[grace]] and dignified propriety. |
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− | Different applications of the term are not fully [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isomorphism_(disambiguation) isomorphic] in the sense described by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Hofstadter Douglas Hofstadter] as follows: “The word ‘isomorphism’ applies when two [[complex]] structures can be mapped onto each other, in such a way that to each part of one [[structure]] there is a [[corresponding]] part in the other structure, where ‘corresponding’ means that the two parts play similar [[roles]] in their respective structures.” The lack of such an isomorphism means that various [[definitions]] are in some degree mutually inconsistent. | + | Different applications of the term are not fully [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isomorphism_(disambiguation) isomorphic] in the sense described by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Hofstadter Douglas Hofstadter] as follows: “The word ‘isomorphism’ applies when two [[complex]] structures can be mapped onto each other, in such a way that to each part of one [[structure]] there is a [[corresponding]] part in the other structure, where ‘corresponding’ means that the two parts play similar [[roles]] in their respective structures.” The lack of such an isomorphism means that various [[definitions]] are in some degree mutually inconsistent. |
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| Nonetheless, essential components of the concept include [[simplicity]] and [[consistency]] of design, [[focusing]] on the essential features of an object. In [[art]] of any kind one might also require dignified grace, or restrained [[beauty]] of style. | | Nonetheless, essential components of the concept include [[simplicity]] and [[consistency]] of design, [[focusing]] on the essential features of an object. In [[art]] of any kind one might also require dignified grace, or restrained [[beauty]] of style. |
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| [[Visual]] [[stimuli]] are frequently considered elegant if a small number of [[colors]] and stimuli are used, emphasizing the remainder. | | [[Visual]] [[stimuli]] are frequently considered elegant if a small number of [[colors]] and stimuli are used, emphasizing the remainder. |
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− | In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_science philosophy of science], [[simplicity]] is a meta-scientific criterion by which to evaluate [[competing]] [[theories]]. In this field, a distinction is often made between two senses of simplicity: "syntactic simplicity" (the number and [[complexity]] of [[hypotheses]]), and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontological_simplicity ontological simplicity] (the number and complexity of things postulated). These two aspects of simplicity are often referred to as elegance and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsimony parsimony] respectively.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elegance] | + | In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_science philosophy of science], [[simplicity]] is a meta-scientific criterion by which to evaluate [[competing]] [[theories]]. In this field, a distinction is often made between two senses of simplicity: "syntactic simplicity" (the number and [[complexity]] of [[hypotheses]]), and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontological_simplicity ontological simplicity] (the number and complexity of things postulated). These two aspects of simplicity are often referred to as elegance and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsimony parsimony] respectively.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elegance] |
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| [[Category: The Arts]] | | [[Category: The Arts]] |
| [[Category: The Sciences]] | | [[Category: The Sciences]] |