The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Aesthetics — or esthetics (also spelled æsthetics) is commonly known as the study of sensory or sensori emotional values, sometimes called judgments of sentiment and taste. [Zangwill, Nick. [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aesthetic judgment/ Aesthetic… … Wikipedia
Aesthetics — Æsthetics † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Æsthetics Æsthetics may be defined as a systematic training to right thinking and right feeling in matters of art, and is made a part of philosophy by A.G. Baumgarten. Its domain, according to Wolff … Catholic encyclopedia
aesthetics — (n.) 1803, from AESTHETIC (Cf. aesthetic) (also see ICS (Cf. ics)) … Etymology dictionary
aesthetics — (US also esthetics) ► PLURAL NOUN (usu. treated as sing. ) 1) a set of principles concerned with the nature of beauty, especially in art. 2) the branch of philosophy which deals with questions of beauty and artistic taste … English terms dictionary
aesthetics — [es thet′iks] n. [< AESTHETIC] 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 … English World dictionary
aesthetics — /es thet iks/ or, esp. Brit., /ees /, n. (used with a sing. v.) 1. the branch of philosophy dealing with such notions as the beautiful, the ugly, the sublime, the comic, etc., as applicable to the fine arts, with a view to establishing the… … Universalium
aesthetics — (‘ilm al jamal, lit. ‘science of beauty’) Neoplatonism had a lasting influence on Islamic aesthetics during the classical period. Al Kindi argued that beauty must be linked with perfection, and since God is the most perfect being, He must also … Islamic philosophy dictionary
aesthetics — This word (from the Greek aisthētikos, meaning perceptive ) is used in art to refer to principles for appreciating beauty; similarly in philosophy, aesthetics is the study of the nature of beauty. In theology, aesthetics is concerned with… … Glossary of theological terms
aesthetics — The study of the feelings, concepts, and judgements arising from our appreciation of the arts or of the wider class of objects considered moving, or beautiful, or sublime. Aesthetic theory concerns itself with questions such as: what is a work of … Philosophy dictionary
aesthetics — [[t]iːsθe̱tɪks, AM es [/t]] N UNCOUNT Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy concerned with the study of the idea of beauty. (in AM, also use esthetics) … English dictionary
