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Aesthetics
Aesthetics is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of art, beauty, and taste, examining what art is, what makes something beautiful, and how we form judgements about artistic value.
Mimesis
Mimesis (Greek for "imitation") is the theory, originating with Plato and developed by Aristotle, that art is fundamentally an imitation or representation of reality, whether of physical objects, human actions, or universal truths.