Definitions for: Aesthetics

[n] the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art); "traditional aesthetics assumed the existence of universal and timeless criteria of artistic value"

Webster (1913) Definition: [AE]s*thet"ics, Esthetics Es*thet"ics (?; 277),
n. [Gr. ? perceptive, esp. by feeling, fr. ? to perceive,
feel: cf. G. ["a]sthetik, F. esth['e]tique.]
The theory or philosophy of taste; the science of the
beautiful in nature and art; esp. that which treats of the
expression and embodiment of beauty by art.

Synonyms: esthetics

See Also: philosophy

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