What is Aesthetics (Philosophy of Art)?

What is aesthetics (philosophy of art)?

Aesthetics is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and appreciation of art, beauty and good taste.

Along with Ethics, aesthetics is part of axiology, or the study of values and value judgments.

Some scholars distinguish between aesthetics and the philosophy of art. According to them, the former is generally understood as the study of beauty, while the latter as the study of works of art.

This distinction is based on the fact that, in practice, we distinguish between aesthetic judgments (the appreciation of any object, not necessarily works of art, such as a sunset) and artistic judgments (the appreciation or criticism of a work of art).

Aesthetics, therefore, is broader in scope than the philosophy of art, as it covers questions about both beauty and art.

In this video, we will talk more about what aesthetics is, the questions aestheticians ask, and its brief history.

Video Chapters
0:02 What is Aesthetics?
0:27 Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art
1:00 Questions in Aesthetics
1:31 Aesthetics: A Brief History

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