Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy dealing with our perception and understanding of beauty. It has existed in some form or other since Plato. Over the centuries the debate has taken some interesting turns. Hegel linked the idea of beauty to the ideal of truth. Darwin's theory of Natural Selection was used to motivate an 'evolution' of aesthetic taste. The Dada movement severely shook aesthetics by pushing an anti-art agenda, and by blurring the lines between beauty and arbitrary expression. The debate rages on, though perhaps one can take solace in this quote by Barnett Newman:
"Aesthetics is for the artist as ornithology is for the birds."
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