Section 1 Definition of Aesthetics Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of art, beauty and taste. To understand aesthetics better it is useful to consider the influence that philosophy has had on our current understanding of aesthetics. ... Why, then, may not a landscape be considered as a branch of natural philosophy, of which pictures are but experiments? ... Jennifer Meagher from the Department of European Paintings, The Metropolitan Museum of Art explains that the Brotherhood emulated the art of late medieval and early Renaissance Europe until the time of Raphael, ...

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However, the term and concept of "soul" and having passed a certain historical path long before as philosophy, theology, psychology made him the subject of his research. ... Early philosophy, starting from various sources, assigns Psyche most vital, not cognitive principle, considering it together disparate definitions. ...

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