aesthetics
aest·he·tics
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”
Origin
From aesthetic + -ics.
Phrases
- experimental aesthetics
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