Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/15
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Krechtz@aol.com jotted down the following:
> It would certainly seem appropriate to distinguish between the concept of
> beauty and the study, understanding, criticism or appreciation of beauty, as
> the dictionary definitions implicitly do. If the quoted language from the
> original post is properly to be construed as an objection to the use of
> terms such as "beauty" and "aesthetics" as pure sysnonyms, the point is well
> taken.
Absolutely correct. In addition, many people use 'aesthetic' as synonyms to
'pleasant', 'agreeable', 'beautiful'. Something that is very ugly,
disconcerting, or repulsive can have great aesthetic value too. It just
isn't 'positive'.
M.
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