All 3 Uses of
aesthetic
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- JOHN EGLINTON: (Produces a greencapped dark lantern and flashes it towards a corner: with carping accent) Esthetics and cosmetics are for the boudoir.†
Chpt 15esthetics = related to beauty or good taste; or the study of what is beautiful or tasteful
- Dublin's premier photographic artist, being responsible for the esthetic execution.
Chpt 16 *esthetic = related to beauty
- Was he more convinced of the esthetic value of the spectacle?†
Chpt 17esthetic = beautiful, tasteful, or related to beauty or taste
Definitions:
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(1)
(aesthetic) related to beauty or good taste -- often referring to one's appreciation of beauty or one's sense of what is beautiful
or:
beautiful or tasteful -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In Philosophy, "aesthetics" is the study of theories of what is beautiful.