aesthetics Definition
aes·thet·ics (es t̸het′iks)
noun
the study or theory of beauty and of the psychological responses to it; specif., the branch of philosophy dealing with art, its creative sources, its forms, and its effects
Etymology: < aesthetic
aesthetics Synonyms
aesthetics
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aesthetics Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- photography: The esthetics of photography is a matter that continues to be discussed regularly, especially in artistic circles.
- landscape: The hedge was not only necessary for economic reasons but also constituted an important element of the esthetics of landscape.
- music: His research sits at the intersections of the philosophy and esthetics of music, music performance studies, and critical theory.
- art: For instance, the Situationists advocated transforming the social context of cultural production rather than the esthetics of art.
Converse of object
- combine: Our proposal combines the esthetics of the Hyde Park building with the footprint of the South Transept.
- appreciate: Taking neither the victim's nor the murderer's perspective, CSI ' s camera trains viewers to appreciate the esthetics of wound creation.
- enhance: Benefit: In addition to enhancing the esthetics of the site this encourages local wildlife to it.
- explore: It might also be a subversive attempt to explore alternative child design esthetics.
- improve: Appearance There are many ways facial appearance can be changed by improving the esthetics of your teeth.
- consider: Now I may not be in a position to write about sleevenotes, but letÍs consider esthetics and apostrophes, trends and traditions.
Adjective modifier
- modernist: Column by Noel Douglas, May 2006 Making visible the invisible is a key concept in Marxist and modernist esthetics.
- relational: Inroads uses theories of relational esthetics in order to develop a practice of collaboration.
- pleasing: These processes have become very sophisticated, with novel oxide finishes available to add pleasing esthetics and corrosion resistance to the finished component.
- philosophical: The approach adopted is inter-disciplinary, and principally aims to strengthen the accounts that have been and are being developed in philosophical esthetics.
- romantic: This is clearly an attempt to bring humor into the legitimizing embrace of Romantic esthetics.
- visual: We read of a visual esthetics of eighteenth century civic humanism.
Noun used with modifier
- film: Dietrich's Ghosts is the first major English-language study of the film esthetics of the Third Reich.
- landscape: The use of personal construct theory in evaluating perceptions of landscape esthetics.
- television: We hold an annual Film Studies Symposium, the most recent focusing on television esthetics.
- design: It might also be a subversive attempt to explore alternative child design esthetics.
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