Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The science which deduces from nature and taste the rules and principles of art; the theory of the fine arts; the science of the beautiful, or that branch of philosophy which deals with its principles; the doctrines of taste.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
aesthetics .
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- noun (art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art)
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Examples
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Like me, he seems to think the 1920s represented a high water mark in esthetics.
Boing Boing: December 7, 2003 - December 13, 2003 Archives 2003
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In short, the first injustice is practised by literature; it has no interest in esthetics, which is only a higher justice.
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In short, the first injustice is practised by literature; it has no interest in esthetics, which is only a higher justice.
The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters Sand, George, 1804-1876 1921
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Esthetics have somewhat aligned themselves to the others, but at last there is a movement, known as the arts and crafts movement, more properly called applied esthetics, which is the effort to relate art to life.
Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 3, May 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature Various 1904
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In short, the first injustice is practised by literature; it has no interest in esthetics, which is only a higher justice.
The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters Gustave Flaubert 1850
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Some day or other, when all the jargon so feelingly denounced by Colonel Morley about "esthetics," and "objective," and "subjective," has gone to its long home, some critic who can write English will probably bring that poor little volume fairly before the public; and, with all its manifold faults, it will take a place in the affections, not of one single generation of the young, but
What Will He Do with It? — Volume 08 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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When someone does … they cry that it will harm the "esthetics" of the desert … or screw up the view from their ocean front property.
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When someone does … they cry that it will harm the "esthetics" of the desert … or screw up the view from their ocean front property.
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When someone does … they cry that it will harm the "esthetics" of the desert … or screw up the view from their ocean front property.
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When someone does … they cry that it will harm the "esthetics" of the desert … or screw up the view from their ocean front property.
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