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Humanities > Philosophy > Aesthetics

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Aesthetics  

Definition

  • Branch of philosophy that studies perceptible beauty in art and nature, together with the intellectual and emotional responses to beauty. [AAT]; use for Middle Ages and from 18th c. onwards; prefer Art theory (q.v.) for Renaissance and Baroque (15th-17th cs.)

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Synonym(s)

  • Esthetics
  • Philosophy of art, aesthetics

Notation

  • 120441

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