What does Aesthetic mean?
adjective
concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty.
Ex: "the pictures give great aesthetic pleasure"
noun
a set of principles underlying the work of a particular artist or artistic movement.
Ex: "the Cubist aesthetic"
The history of the Aesthetic
The first important contributions to aesthetic theory are usually considered to stem from philosophers in Ancient Greece, among which the most noticeable are Plato, Aristotle and Plotinus. When interpreting writings from this time, it is worth noticing that it is debatable whether an exact equivalent to the term beauty existed in classical Greek.
(www.en.m.wikipedia.org)
The Aesthetic Movement in Britain (1860 – 1900) aimed to escape the ugliness and materialism of the Industrial Age, by focusing instead on producing art that was beautiful rather than having a deeper meaning – 'Art for Art's sake'. The artists and designers in this 'cult of beauty' crafted some of the most sophisticated and sensuously beautiful artworks of the Western tradition and in the process remade the domestic world of the British middle-classes.
(www.vam.ac.uk)
What is Aesthetics today?
Aesthetics is a philosophical area that is responsible for studying beauty both in art and in nature. They are a set of elements whose union produces some satisfaction.
Having an aesthetic has become very popular on social networks, influencers on their page who use certain types of colors and photographs to give their feed a special touch that differentiates it from others.
(www.medium.com)
