n. 美学

[ noun ]
(art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art)
<noun.cognition>
traditional aesthetics assumed the existence of universal and timeless criteria of artistic value

AEsthetics \[AE]s*thet"ics\, Esthetics \Es*thet"ics\ (?; 277),
n. [Gr. ? perceptive, esp. by feeling, fr. ? to perceive,
feel: cf. G. ["a]sthetik, F. esth['e]tique.]
The theory or philosophy of taste; the science of the
beautiful in nature and art; esp. that which treats of the
expression and embodiment of beauty by art.


Esthete \Es"thete\, n.; Esthetic \Es*thet"ic\, a., Esthetical
\Es*thet"ic*al\, a., Esthetics \Es*thet"ics\, n. etc.
Same as {[AE]sthete}, {[AE]sthetic}, {[AE]sthetical},
{[AE]sthetics}, etc.