Enlightenment aesthetics

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Enlightenment aesthetics is a philosophical approach to art and beauty that emerged in 18th-century Europe, emphasizing reason, universal principles, and critical reflection on artistic imitation and taste.

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instanceOf 18th‑century philosophical current ⓘ
aesthetic theory ⓘ
philosophical movement in aesthetics ⓘ
associatedWithHistoricalPeriod the Enlightenment ⓘ
linked to: Enlightenment
claims aesthetic judgments aspire to universality ⓘ
taste can be educated ⓘ
concerns aesthetic experience ⓘ
criteria of beauty ⓘ
judgment of taste ⓘ
relation between art and nature ⓘ
role of reason in aesthetic judgment ⓘ
universality of aesthetic judgments ⓘ
developedBy Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten ⓘ
David Hume ⓘ
Denis Diderot ⓘ
Edmund Burke ⓘ
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ⓘ
Immanuel Kant ⓘ
distinguishes the beautiful from the sublime ⓘ
emergedInCentury 18th century ⓘ
emergedInRegion Europe ⓘ
emphasizes artistic imitation ⓘ
critical reflection ⓘ
reason ⓘ
taste ⓘ
universal principles ⓘ
focusesOn art ⓘ
beauty ⓘ
influenced 19th‑century aesthetics ⓘ
Romantic aesthetics ⓘ
modern philosophy of art ⓘ
influencedBy Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
empiricism ⓘ
rationalism ⓘ
keyWork Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten’s "Aesthetica" ⓘ
David Hume’s "Of the Standard of Taste" ⓘ
Edmund Burke’s "A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful" ⓘ
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing’s "Laocoön" ⓘ
Immanuel Kant’s "Critique of Judgment" ⓘ
partOf Enlightenment intellectual history ⓘ
history of aesthetics ⓘ
relatedToConcept aesthetic judgment ⓘ
disinterested pleasure ⓘ
genius ⓘ
mimesis ⓘ
taste ⓘ
the beautiful ⓘ
the sublime ⓘ
viewsArtAs capable of expressing universal truths ⓘ
subject to rational criticism ⓘ

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