aesthetic principle

collocation in English

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aesthetic
adjective
uk
/esˈθet.ɪk/uk
/iːsˈθet.ɪk/us
/esˈθet̬.ɪk/
relating to the enjoyment or study ...
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principle
noun
uk
/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/us
/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/
a basic idea or rule that explains or controls how something happens ...
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The oil paintings he created from 2002-2003 were characterized by a scarce use of colour and the application of aesthetic principles of contemporary wash painting.
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They may be regarded as a weak and watered down perpetuation of 'ghastly good taste', rather than demonstrating anaestheticprincipleof real force.
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Critics are increasingly at pains to explain operatic conventions, to distinguish one form of expression from another, to define the categories that might afford the intellectual comfort ofaestheticprinciple.
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Of course, theaestheticprincipleof synthesis frequently leads to the use of these contrasting elements in combination, yielding plays that defy such dichotomous classification.
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More generally, composite structure refers to anaestheticprinciplein which the narrative structure relies on contiguity and linking rather than linearity.
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The rhythm of these two boulders and the two decks is the mainaestheticprinciplebehind his design.
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He considered all of his artistic practices to share a performative dimension, and denied any guidingaestheticprinciple.
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The attempt to reduce modernism to a small set of aesthetic principles has been continued elsewhere.
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Nature does not appear to be arranged in accord with aesthetic principles; nor does it appear to contain any meaningful messages.
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But without a clear set of aesthetic principles shared by both musician and critic, sometimes artists are left surprised and irritated by what earns critical acclaim.
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This helps students to contextualise mathematical thinking both as a way of encouraging reasoning with aesthetic principles and as practical tools for making art (in our case, with computers).
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To design such large architectural bodies harmoniously, a number of basic aesthetic principles were developed and tested already on the smaller temples.
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Established art forms that share some aesthetic principles with bonsai include penjing and saikei.
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The philosophy holds that art sets the aesthetic principles by which people perceive life, and does not imitate life.
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The work showed the influence of the aesthetic principles of minimalist art and emphasized the temporariness of the expression of an artistic experience.
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Aesthetic principles are a significant component of this art work.
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