美学
解説 Definition
aesthetics は、美しさ・芸術・好みについて考える学問「美学」を表す名詞です。人や文化、時代、デザインに見られる美意識や美的な様式を指すこともあります。
Aesthetics is the branch of philosophy concerned with beauty, art, taste, and the nature of aesthetic experience. The word can also refer to the characteristic visual principles, style, or sense of beauty associated with a person, culture, period, or design.
使い方 Usage
- 学問名の「美学」では通常単数扱いで、Aesthetics is ... と言えます。 When aesthetics names the academic field, it normally takes a singular verb, as in Aesthetics is ...
- study aesthetics「美学を学ぶ」、ideas in aesthetics「美学の考え方」の形で使います。 Use study aesthetics for studying the field and ideas in aesthetics for ideas within it.
- traditional aesthetics は、伝統的な美意識や美的な様式を表します。 Traditional aesthetics refers to traditional principles or styles of beauty.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
aesthetic「美的な」と結び付け、美しさを感覚・哲学・デザインから考えるイメージで覚えましょう。語尾の -s に惑わされず、学問名の「美学」として覚えるのがポイントです。
Connect aesthetics with aesthetic, meaning related to beauty or artistic appearance. Picture thinking about beauty through the senses, philosophy, and design. Do not let the final -s distract you from its use as the name of an academic field.
例文
She studies aesthetics at the university.
彼女は大学で美学を学んでいます。
The course introduces basic ideas in aesthetics.
その講座では美学の基本的な考え方を紹介します。
His work connects modern design with traditional aesthetics.
彼の作品は現代デザインと伝統的な美意識を結びつけています。
aesthetics の類義語・関連語
aesthetics の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ギリシャ語 aisthētikos「感覚で知覚する」が源で、aisthanesthai「感じる」にさかのぼります。美はまず感覚で受け取るものという発想から「美学」に。関連語は aesthetic、anesthesia。
Aesthetics ultimately comes from Greek aisthētikos, meaning “concerned with sensory perception,” from aisthanesthai, “to perceive or feel.” The modern philosophical use developed through the German term Ästhetik, especially in eighteenth-century discussions of sensory knowledge, beauty, and art. English adopted aesthetic and aesthetics from this scholarly tradition. The related word anesthesia contains the same Greek sensory root with an- meaning “without,” literally indicating absence of sensation.
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