In aesthetics, the sublime is the quality of greatness, whether physical, moral, intellectual, metaphysical, aesthetic, spiritual, or artistic. The term especially refers to a greatness beyond all pos
Caspar David Friedrich, Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, 1816, Kunsthalle Hamburg. Romantic artists during the 19th century used the epic of nature as an expression of the sublime.
Hahnen, Swiss Alps. British writers, taking the Grand Tour in the 17th and 18th centuries, first used the sublime to describe objects of nature.
Viviano Codazzi: Rendition of St. Peter's Square, Rome, dated 1630. Kant referred to St. Peter's as "splendid", a term he used for objects producing feeling for both the beautiful and the sublime.
Maurizio Bolognini, SMSMS (SMS Mediated Sublime), 2000–2006, an interactive installation that aims to involve the audience in the experience of the manipulation and consumption of the technological sublime
The digital sublime is the mythologization of the impact of computers and cyberspace on human experiences of time, space and power. It is also known as cyber sublime or algorithmic sublime. It is a ph
Sublime (philosophy)
…advances that have resulted in the explosion of visual culture and in the mixture of awe and apprehension as we consider the future of humanity." Digital sublime Numinous…
Artistic depiction of computer virus
Example of Sublime Art - Steam Boat off a Harbour's Mouth by J. M. W. Turner
Example of composite photograph