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Synonyms for aesthetics


Grammar : Noun
Spell : es-thet-iks or, esp. British, ees-
Phonetic Transcription : ɛsˈθɛt ɪks or, esp. British, is-



Définition of aesthetics

Origin :
  • 1803, from aesthetic (also see -ics).
  • noun principles of art
Example sentences :
  • The author shows his familiarity with the standard books on aesthetics.
  • Extract from : « A Pindarick Ode on Painting » by Thomas Morrison
  • But the whole volume is full of indirect suggestion on aesthetics.
  • Extract from : « The Beautiful » by Vernon Lee
  • Of this nature is a great deal of what has been written on aesthetics.
  • Extract from : « The Sense of Beauty » by George Santayana
  • What is true of mysticism in general, is true also of its manifestation in aesthetics.
  • Extract from : « The Sense of Beauty » by George Santayana
  • Materials of beauty surveyed, 76 et seq.Methods in aesthetics, 5.
  • Extract from : « The Sense of Beauty » by George Santayana
  • Miser's fallacy, its parallel in morals and aesthetics, 31, 32.
  • Extract from : « The Sense of Beauty » by George Santayana
  • After this can one wonder at the success of mediocre talents in aesthetics?
  • Extract from : « The Aesthetical Essays » by Friedrich Schiller
  • There can be no civilization without its concomitants of aesthetics.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 8, 1923 » by Various
  • It has only revolutionized aesthetics, but here it is a question only of aesthetics.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Masks » by Remy de Gourmont
  • But let us keep to the human average, and to the question of aesthetics.
  • Extract from : « Decadence and Other Essays on the Culture of Ideas » by Remy de Gourmont

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