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aesthetic appreciation  

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  • Aesthetics is the area of philosophy that studies the nature of beauty and art. Aesthetic appreciation, then, is the admiration of beauty, such as valuing the fine arts of music, literature, dance, and visual art. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Aesthetic Appreciation]

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