Can you think of a work of art that truly thrilled you? Maybe you can—and if you can, maybe it even literally made you shiver, or sent a chill up your spine. This is the phenomena that is called ...

This is an essay about the phenomenon of “aesthetic chills”—you know, the moment when, experiencing a work of art, you feel a rush of physical emotion, a shiver that runs down your spine. Often, it ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Shane O'Neill of The Washington Post about the word "aesthetic" and its evolution from art criticism and design theory to online speak and the White House.

The primary author of this post is Dr. Oshin Vartanian, University of Toronto. Most people share the intuition that the creation and appreciation of art are important aspects of being human. Art moves ...

Some ads (like Wheaties’) are good for a laugh, some (like Packard’s) are good for a sigh, and some (like Listerine’s) for a shiver of apprehension, but very few are good just to look at. Among those ...