Enlightenment aesthetics

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18th‑century philosophical current aesthetic theory philosophical movement in aesthetics

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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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	18th‑century philosophical current ⓘ aesthetic theory ⓘ philosophical movement in aesthetics ⓘ
associatedWithHistoricalPeriod	the Enlightenment NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ David Hume NERFINISHED ⓘ Denis Diderot NERFINISHED ⓘ Edmund Burke NERFINISHED ⓘ Gotthold Ephraim Lessing NERFINISHED ⓘ Immanuel Kant NERFINISHED ⓘ
distinguishes	the beautiful from the sublime ⓘ
emergedInCentury	18th century ⓘ
emergedInRegion	Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
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" NERFINISHED ⓘ David Hume’s "Of the Standard of Taste" NERFINISHED ⓘ Edmund Burke’s "A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful" NERFINISHED ⓘ Gotthold Ephraim Lessing’s "Laocoön" NERFINISHED ⓘ Immanuel Kant’s "Critique of Judgment" NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Enlightenment intellectual history NERFINISHED ⓘ 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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