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Definition of Esthetics
1. Noun. (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"
Category relationships: Art, Artistic Creation, Artistic Production
Generic synonyms: Philosophy
Derivative terms: Aesthetical, Aesthetician, Esthetical, Esthetician
Definition of Esthetics
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of aesthetics) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Esthetics
1. esthetic [n] - See also: esthetic
Medical Definition of Esthetics
1. The branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of the beautiful. It includes beauty, esthetic experience, esthetic judgment, esthetic aspects of medicine, etc. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Esthetics
Literary usage of Esthetics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1864)
"esthetics are content to admire. Admire the eggs. ... My neighbor Franco who has
not made esthetics a study, affirms that his white Camelias, now in bloom, ..."
2. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"esthetics. to details. He went back to the ultimate sensitiveness of the mind to
... esthetics, EXPERIMENTAL. Experiment made its way into the field of ..."
3. A Manual of Dental Prosthetics by George Henry Wilson (1920)
"esthetics. FOR the purpose of establishing a clear idea of what we mean by "esthetics
of prosthesis," we define the term "prosthesis" as: The science, art, ..."
4. Elements of Logic: Together with an Introductory View of Philosophy in by Henry Philip Tappan (1856)
"esthetics. esthetics f may be briefly defined the ' Philosophy of the Beautiful.
... There is in some sort an interchange between the Morale and esthetics. ..."
5. Studies in the History of Ideas by Columbia University Dept. of Philosophy (1918)
"THOMAS BROWN'S CONTRIBUTION TO esthetics Dr. Thomas Brown (1778-1820) was in the
lines of development of both the Scottish philosophy and the association ..."
6. The Science of Logic: Or, an Analysis of the Laws of Thought by Asa Mahan (1857)
"Logic as distinguished from esthetics. It may do something to render still more
distinct and definite our conceptions of this science to compare its sphere ..."
7. Pain, Pleasure, and æsthetics: An Essay Concerning the Psychology of Pain by Henry Rutgers Marshall (1894)
"esthetics Introductory Summary A GREAT deal of attention has been given by thinkers
in the past to the subject of ^esthetics, but for all that we find ..."
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