Found 2 items, similar to Esthetics.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: esthetics esthetics n : (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” [syn: aesthetics]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Esthetics AEsthetics \[AE]s*thet"ics\, Esthetics \Es*thet"ics\ (?; 277), n. [Gr. ? perceptive, esp. by feeling, fr. ? to perceive, feel: cf. G. ["a]sthetik, F. esth['e]tique.] The theory or philosophy of taste; the science of the beautiful in nature and art; esp. that which treats of the expression and embodiment of beauty by art. [1913 Webster] Esthete \Es"thete\, n.; Esthetic \Es*thet"ic\, a., Esthetical \Es*thet"ic*al\, a., Esthetics \Es*thet"ics\, n. etc. Same as [AE]sthete, [AE]sthetic, [AE]sthetical, [AE]sthetics, etc. [1913 Webster]