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  2. History of aesthetics - Wikipedia

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    The word ẹwà is highly central within the Yoruba culture's aesthetic framework. This word is used to describe beauty and aesthetic quality within Yoruba art and culture at large. Ẹwà is not solely a description of visual beauty; it also encompasses an emotional and spiritual dimension.

  3. Aesthetic interpretation - Wikipedia

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    Aesthetic reading differs from efferent reading in that the former describes a reader coming to the text expecting to devote attention to the words themselves, to take pleasure in their sounds, images, connotations, etc. Efferent reading, on the other hand, describes someone, "reading for knowledge, for information, or for the conclusion to an ...

  4. Metaphysical aesthetics - Wikipedia

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    Aesthetics arises when one's own definition of beauty is led to the question of, what is art? [2] Similar to one's pondering of metaphysical thoughts in which lead to the notions of, 'what is?,' aesthetics allows one to explore the distinctiveness of what makes a form of work classified as art.

  5. Phonaesthetics - Wikipedia

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    Phonaesthetics (also spelled phonesthetics in North America) is the study of the beauty and pleasantness associated with the sounds of certain words or parts of words.The term was first used in this sense, perhaps by J. R. R. Tolkien, [1] during the mid-20th century and derives from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ) 'voice, sound' and αἰσθητική (aisthētikḗ) 'aesthetics'.

  6. Aesthetics - Wikipedia

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    The term aesthetics was appropriated and coined with new meaning by the German philosopher Alexander Baumgarten in his dissertation Meditationes philosophicae de nonnullis ad poema pertinentibus (English: "Philosophical considerations of some matters pertaining the poem") in 1735; [7] Baumgarten chose "aesthetics" because he wished to emphasize ...

  7. Aesthetic Realism - Wikipedia

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    Aesthetic Realism is a philosophy founded in 1941 by the American poet and critic Eli Siegel (1902–1978). [1] He defined it as a three-part study: "[T]hese three divisions can be described as: One, Liking the world; Two, The opposites; Three, The meaning of contempt."

  8. Recognize these 10 emojis? Surprise — here's what they really ...

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    The real meaning of some emojis may surprise you! (Photo: Getty) (Francesco Carta fotografo via Getty Images) Imagine what your messages and emails would look like if emojis didn't exist.

  9. 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