Alternative spellingsNounSingular aesthetics Plural uncountable aesthetics (uncountable)
Related termsFrom Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. Aesthetics (also spelled æsthetics or esthetics) is a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste, and with the creation and appreciation of beauty. It is more scientifically defined as the study of sensory or sensori-emotional values, sometimes called judgments of sentiment and taste. More broadly, scholars in the field define aesthetics as "critical reflection on art, culture and nature." Aesthetics is a subdiscipline of axiology, a branch of philosophy, and is closely associated with the philosophy of art. Aesthetics studies new ways of seeing and of perceiving the world. From Wikipedia under the
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Q. In what way has humanism influenced contemporary thinking? Asked by Shannon B - Tue Mar 25 09:58:45 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. The ideas of thought that were brought about in that period are some of the foundational ones for modern European government, they also were foundational to the US Constitution. Answered by Yun - Tue Mar 25 12:03:55 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "aesthetics" |
