aesthetics
(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 • Derivationally related forms: esthetical (for: esthetics), esthetician (for: esthetics), aesthetical, aesthetician • Topics: art, artistic creation, artistic production • Hypernyms: philosophy
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