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  2. Aesthetics - Wikipedia

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    Aesthetics examines the philosophy of aesthetic value, which is determined by critical judgments of artistic taste; [2] thus, the function of aesthetics is the "critical reflection on art, culture and nature". [3] [4] Aesthetics studies natural and artificial sources of experiences and how people form a judgment about those sources of experience.

  3. History of aesthetics - Wikipedia

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    Dadirri is a form of aesthetics that involves appreciating the beauty and significance of nature and spirituality through being silent and receptive. It includes appreciating the natural patterns, colors, sounds, and shapes that surround us. This aesthetic dimension involves seeing beauty in the simple and everyday.

  4. Aesthetics (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Aesthetics or Aesthetic may refer to: Aesthetics, the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of beauty and the nature of taste; Aesthetics (textile), one of the basic concepts of serviceability of textiles; Internet aesthetic, a visual art style originating from the Internet; Aestheticians, cosmetologists who specialize in skin care

  5. Aesthetic taste - Wikipedia

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    In aesthetics, the concept of taste has been the interest of philosophers such as Plato, Hume, and Kant. It is defined by the ability to make valid judgments about an object's aesthetic value. However, these judgments are deficient in objectivity , creating the ' paradox of taste'.

  6. Aestheticism - Wikipedia

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    Aestheticism (also known as the aesthetic movement) was an art movement in the late 19th century that valued the appearance of literature, music, fonts and the arts over their functions. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] According to Aestheticism, art should be produced to be beautiful, rather than to teach a lesson , create a parallel , or perform another didactic ...

  7. Beauty - Wikipedia

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    Beauty, together with art and taste, is the main subject of aesthetics, one of the major branches of philosophy. [3] [4] Beauty is usually categorized as an aesthetic property besides other properties, like grace, elegance or the sublime. [5] [6] [7] As a positive aesthetic value, beauty is contrasted with ugliness as its

  8. Ancient aesthetics - Wikipedia

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    Aesthetics is derived from the Greek word "aisthetikos" [3] defined as a perception of the senses. In aesthetics, there is a process of individual analysis, perception and imagination. [ 4 ] Perception is defined as an individual's neurophysiological process of awareness and interpreting external stimuli. [ 5 ]

  9. Aestheticization of politics - Wikipedia

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    Alternately, "politicization of aesthetics" (or "politicization of art") has been used as a term for an ideologically opposing synthesis, [2] wherein art is ultimately subordinate to political life and thus a result of it, separate from it, but which is attempted to be incorporated for political use as theory relating to the consequential ...