noun
(art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art)
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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
Useful english dictionary. 2012.