Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The branch of philosophy that deals with the nature and expression of beauty, as in the fine arts.
- n. In Kantian philosophy, the branch of metaphysics concerned with the laws of perception.
- n. The study of the psychological responses to beauty and artistic experiences.
- n. A conception of what is artistically valid or beautiful: minimalist aesthetics.
- n. An artistically beautiful or pleasing appearance: "They're looking for quality construction, not aesthetics” ( Ron Schram).
Wiktionary
- n. The study or philosophy of beauty.
Etymologies
- From aesthetic + -ics. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The term aesthetics was coined in the eighteenth century by the German philosopher Alexander Baumgarten from the Greek word aisthetikos meaning “perceptive, especially by feeling”.”
“Adult self-reported interest in aesthetics is related to a temperamental factor of openness , as reported by the Dana Arts and Cognition Consortium (with many more details and - as is the case in any serious scientific study - caveats concerning observed correlations etc.).”
“Each work is a journey, an adventure through the carefully placed items, colors, and layers; along the way, note the many Asian references, in aesthetics and objects.”
“Having some committee of aesthetics is a horrible idea.”
“The EuroX Magnesium lives up to its name in aesthetics and weight (103 grams).”
’Cross brake check: TRP’s new mini V-brake and EuroX Magnesium
“To put it plainly, the half of the Critique of Judgement dealing with aesthetics is not exactly the watertight freighter you might expect from the author of the Critique of Pure Reason.”
““Polaroids: Mapplethorpe” runs through April 5 at the Block Museum of Art. To see more sexy snapshots, click here. posted by Sheila Ryan in aesthetics, art, culture, museums, photography, pop culture, sexuality, society, spirituality | * | 90 comments comments”
“The camera-phone snap hints at only a fraction of the weirdness. posted by Sheila Ryan in aesthetics, cosmetics, odd | * | 3 comments comments”
“Alan Garner, “The Aimer Gate,” The Stone Book Quartet posted by Christopher Walken in aesthetics, books, fiction | * | 1 comment comments”
“I think it often when making my own pictures of our family. posted by Barry Stone in aesthetics, family, photographs, photography | * | comment”
Harry Callahan, “Eleanor and Barbara, Lake Michigan, 1953″ | clusterflock
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘aesthetics’.
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Words for Anna
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roots of beauty
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Let's Talk About Family!
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linnyann's list
Interests
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philosophical concepts
Different concepts and branches of philosophy which haven't become independent fields of investigation. For example, "physicalism" is valid but not "physics", "scientism" but not "science", "cogni...
philosophy, ontology, epistemology, ethics, logic, nominalism, analytic philosophy, semiotics, structuralism, deconstructionism, postmodernism, skepticism and 40 more...
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The Golden Rule
TABLE OF PROPOSED RULES TO LIVE BY
The Golden Rule Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
The Silver Rule Do not do unto others what you would not have them do un...ethics, reciprocity, silver rule, karma, tit for tat, newton's third law, virtue, temperance, fortitude, prudence, justice, humanity and 44 more...
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theory and history of art: terms and ...
phenomenological, nonphenomenological, kineticism, mechanizing, digitalizing, utations, trajectory, synthesized, spatio-temporal, proliferation, quantification, iterative and 118 more...
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erinnbatykefer's Words
ewer, lace, grenadine, wick, haruspex, augur, distal, proximal, supine, labyrinthine, rivers, monongahela and 176 more...
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I Love These Words
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (A)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
abalone, abbey, abundant, aconite, acorn, addled, adept, aeon, aerie, aglow, ague, aire and 99 more...
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Words of the Day
glabella, chirotony, nook-shotten, crapehanger, filemot, swirlie, egosurf, lexiphanicism, Ruritanian, stichometry, chrononaut, faldstool and 1991 more...
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judith's word inbox
collocated, carnaval, articulate, reticulated, cilia, sardonic, aesthetics, tenacity, tensile, jubilant, ebullient, ethereal and 206 more...
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Lispers' Nemeses
ascesis, specificities, susurrus, resipiscence, isthmus, abscissin, faithbook, phosphorescence, sassafrass, psithurism, phthisical, cissy and 42 more...
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Known
stethoscope, triage, yule, vanity, bonehead, folly, petty, perpendicular, burnish, citrus, intrepid, waft and 52 more...
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the a list
self-explanatory...
abort, able, about, addiction, absence, annotated, actual, accelerate, acidity, accolades, accomplish, accompany and 57 more...
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key
time, space, memory, memoirs, biography, gmail, archive, snapshot, aesthetics, home, house, city and 4 more...
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