how do you define an aesthetic object? are all of the aesthetic things artistic and aesthetically pleasing?
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The primary meaning of “aesthetic” is the study of why we find find things beautiful.
A secondary meaning may be “beautiful” or “tasteful”, but this isn’t always the same as “artistic”.
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IMO, my girlfriend is (IMHO) beautiful. I could take a photo of her which captures an expression, or light and shade, or a backdrop, and it’s these which are “artistic”.
Picasso’s [Bull’s head](https://www.pablopicasso.org/bull-head.jsp) is art but I wouldn’t class it as aesthetic.
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