aesthetics
美学,美感,审美,审美观
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- : 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 meaning and validity of critical judgments concerning works of art, and the principles underlying or justifying such judgments.
- : the study of the mind and emotions in relation to the sense of beauty.
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When I started out in aesthetics skin care was referred to as “lotions and potions,” the latter making it seem magical or unreal.
Retro ballparks like the Rangers’ previous home were widely hailed as improvements — both in aesthetics and fan friendliness — over multi-purpose stadiums, many of which were built in the 1960s and 1970s.
Some of the pre-eminent innovators at the intersection of art and coding are based at the Aesthetics and Computation Group at MIT.
We often talk about religion in terms of commitment and ideology, but the aesthetics and experience matter, too.
Think aesthetics as politics, and academic credentials as peerage.
It was a tense matchup that made up in suspense for what it lacked in aesthetics.
Though the designers have markedly different aesthetics, both articulate how intrinsic personalization is to the process.
Culture is desirable; but the welfare of nations is based on morals rather than on aesthetics.
Many of the books necessary to a first-hand study of the subject are cited in the article Aesthetics.
Two more reflections appear completely to meet the objection that art or aesthetics is not entitled to the name of science.
The following year, 1795, appeared his most important contribution to aesthetics, in his Aesthetical Letters.
He held forth on the love of ornament—the cottage parlour moved him thereto—and its connection with aesthetics.