aesthetic

(philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful

Greek aesthētikos, relating to perception

“I would buy a pocket-dictionary at one of the ports, but you are never alone. "Aesthetic," we know.”

— George Meredith, Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith

“To surmount this difficulty, anthropologists of art have focused on formal features in objects which, without exclusively being 'artistic', have certain evident 'aesthetic' qualities.”