aesthetics

1. (art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art) (synset 106170939)
   "traditional aesthetics assumed the existence of universal and timeless criteria of artistic value"
   referred to in: art, artistic creation, artistic production - the creation of beautiful or significant things
   is a type of: philosophy - the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
   same as: esthetics

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