Below is a glossary article post in the category A which discusses the explanation of the meaning, definition and meaning of the acronym, term, jargon, or termonology of Aesthetics based on summaries from various types of sources (references) that are relevant, related, and trustworthy.
Understanding Aesthetics
So, what is actually meant by Aesthetics?
Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy related to the nature of beauty and taste.
Explanation of Aesthetics
What is beauty has become a very big topic in Western art. In the Greek era, Aristotle’s philosopher thought beauty was about the function and proportion, while in the early 1700s, the Earl of Shaftsbury argued that goodness and beauty were one and the same. In 1735 German philosophers Alexander Baumgarten asked the question ‘What is beauty?’ And since this time our modern reading of the word began to develop. He uses the word ‘aesthetics’ to describe the process of understanding what makes something beautiful or ugly and how we make this assessment. The term ‘aesthetic’ comes from the Greek word ‘esthesis’ which means perception.
Later, the philosopher Immanuel Kant tried to clarify what is meant by aesthetics by writing criticism of assessment, where he tried to find ways to analyze the beauty, as well as tastes and noble. He concluded that there are no scientific rules to determine what is beauty, as is subjective, and in the eyes that see it.
Moreover, as we have seen above, this term is one of a collection of dictionaries, acronyms, terms, jargon, or terminology in the field of arts that begins with an alphabet or prefix A, as well as terms associated with A.
Meaning of Aesthetics in the English, Indonesian (Including Javanese and Sundanese), and Malaysian Translation Dictionary
Apart from discussing the meaning and discussion of the definition, to deepen it further, here we also need to know what the word means in the English, Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese) translation dictionaries, as well as Malaysia (Malay).
For easy understanding, in this glossary post, we will explain it in the form of a list of translations of terms from various types of languages as follows:
- English; Terminology = Aesthetics.
- Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese translations); Terminology = Estetika (Indonesian), Estetika (Java), and Aesthetics in Sundanese.
- Malaysian; Terminology = Estetika.
Closing
OK, above there is the discussion and explanation of what is the meaning of Aesthetics.
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Footnotes
This glossary post was created by referring to the conclusions of the meaning of definitions from various authoritative relevant references such as Wikipedia, Britannica and several other sources such as MoMA, Tate, ModernArts, and so on. This word is one of a collection of terminology in the field of Art which begins with the alphabet or prefix A. This article wasupdated in Dec of 2025.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity
- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=aesthetics
- https://www.britannica.com/search?query=aesthetics
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