esthetics
(art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art) - traditional aesthetics assumed the existence of universal and timeless criteria of artistic value • Syn: aesthetics • Derivationally related forms: esthetical, esthetician, aesthetical (for: aesthetics), aesthetician (for: aesthetics) • Topics: art, artistic creation, artistic production • Hypernyms: philosophy
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