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Aesthetics - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Aesthetics : (noun)
1: (art) 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" [syn:
esthetics]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Aesthetics : \[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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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