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psychological aesthetics

psychological aesthetics In this historical usage, psychological aesthetics refers to the aspect of aesthetics concerned with the senses and feelings involved in beauty.

In this historical usage, psychological aesthetics refers to the aspect of aesthetics concerned with the senses and feelings involved in beauty. In the source, it includes especially sight and hearing, and to a lesser extent smell, as giving relatively pure pleasures through colour, form, and clear, simple sounds.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Beauty and The Beautiful” (Beauty and The Beautiful).
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