Aesthetics
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Aesthetics is the philosophy of beauty and good taste according to the New American Webster Dictionary, 3rd edition. The website philosophicalsociety.com also states that aesthetics is the study of beauty and art, their nature and history.
What does "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" actually mean? In the world of art and music, it can be as simple as your own opinion. One piece of artwork may be beautiful to one while at the same time another person thinks it is terrible.
Plato divided aesthetics into visual arts, literary arts and music. He also said "the truly beautiful is what is beneficial through the senses of sight and hearing" (2).
Looking at various articles on the website, www.aesthetics-online...