"Esthetic value" refers to the beauty or visual appeal of something. It focuses on the artistic or pleasing qualities that evoke a sense of enjoyment or admiration.
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Thus, the principles
of esthetic value here discussed may serve not only as guides in creating and appreciating what are called «art objects» and as criteria of qualitative excellence in curricular matters outside of the arts, but as attributes of the good life and as a source of general educational aims.
They serve as standard - bearers
for esthetic values, with a minimum of complication by concern for nonesthetic purposes.
There are no objective or universal criteria for esthetic excellence, and there is no way (or need) to resolve differences in opinion
about esthetic values.
From the point of view here set forth, purity is the most important of all esthetic qualities, for it is the foundation of all value,
including esthetic value.
Greenberg meant that as a rhetorical question, a matter of ethical and cultural as well
as esthetic values.
The latest example of that is a post on Techdirt that says police in Long Beach California have a policy that they can detain someone taking photos with «no
apparent esthetic value».
Esthetic value is not in an independent realm, where its own criteria bear no relation to other measures of worth.
Goji berry shrubs have also
a esthetic value and are often planted with ornamental purposes.
Cast to perfection, «Gods and Monsters» is as much an investigation into
the esthetic values of the man who gave us the best horror films ever made, «Frankenstein» and «The Bride of Frankenstein,» as it is a glimpse of Hollywood in that strange transition era from its glorious golden age to modern neurosis, where everybody's psyche is potentially psycho.
Materialistic values overshadowed spiritual and
esthetic values.