Aesthetics

Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy that explores the nature of art, beauty, and taste, with the creation and appreciation of beauty.

In Praise of Shadows
Aesthetic Theory
Ways of Seeing
Poetics
Critique of Judgment
Beauty
On the Aesthetic Education of Man
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
The Birth of Tragedy
Introductory Lectures on Aesthetics
The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media
Aesthetics and Politics
History of Beauty
Art as Experience
The Poetics of Space
A History of Photography by Therese MulliganMannequins by Brandy IsadoraThe Penguin Dictionary of Art and Artists by Peter  MurrayGentleman's Relish by Ronnie BarkerWritings and Drawings by Bob Dylan
Books Relating To Art
37 books — 3 voters
The Secret History by Donna TarttIf We Were Villains by M.L. RioThe Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar WildeVicious by V.E. SchwabThe Atlas Six by Olivie Blake
Dark academia | Must read
35 books — 24 voters

Aesthetic Value by Alan GoldmanAesthetic Essays by Malcolm BuddContemplating Art by Jerrold LevinsonThe Metaphysics of Beauty by Nick ZangwillAesthetic Concepts by Emily  Brady
Contemporary Aesthetics
10 books — 1 voter

Ways of Seeing by John BergerPoses for Artists Volume 4 - Couples Poses by Justin R. MartinPoses for Artists Volume 3 - Fighting and Various Poses by Justin R. MartinThe Death of the Author by Roland BarthesPoses for Artists Volume 2 - Standing Poses by Justin R. Martin
Contemporary Art
20 books — 13 voters
The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 1945 by George H. NashThe Western Canon by Harold BloomNotes Towards The Definition Of Culture by T.S. EliotThe intimate philosophy of art by John ArmstrongCulture and Anarchy by Matthew Arnold
Roger Scruton's Bibliographies
102 books — 15 voters

Oscar Wilde
“ Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic. ”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Kerry Greenwood
“ In here, Phryne, is the nursery. Do you like babies? Phryne laughed. No, not at all. they are not aesthetic like a puppy or a kitten. In fact, they always look drunk to me. look at that one---you'd swear he had been hitting the gin. ...more ”
― Kerry Greenwood, Cocaine Blues

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