<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Aesthetics (/ ɛsˈθɛtɪks, iː s - /; also spelled esthetics) is a branch of philosophy that explores the nature of art, beauty, and taste, with the creation and appreciation of beauty . </P> <P> In its more technical epistemological perspective, it is defined as the study of subjective and sensori - emotional values, sometimes called judgments of sentiment and taste . Aesthetics studies how artists imagine, create and perform works of art; how people use, enjoy, and criticize art; and what happens in their minds when they look at paintings, listen to music, or read poetry, and understand what they see and hear . It also studies how they feel about art--why they like some works and not others, and how art can affect their moods, beliefs, and attitude toward life . More broadly, scholars in the field define aesthetics as "critical reflection on art, culture and nature". In modern English, the term aesthetic can also refer to a set of principles underlying the works of a particular art movement or theory: one speaks, for example, of the Cubist aesthetic . </P>

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