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376:Hames, R.
280:References
213:See also:
1750:Seduction
1360:Reverence
1266:Eroticism
1236:Depiction
1209:Masculine
1111:Santayana
1071:Nietzsche
1016:Hutcheson
1006:Heidegger
991:Greenberg
946:Coleridge
911:Balthasar
896:Aristotle
858:Theosophy
853:Symbolism
828:Modernism
813:Formalism
576:174815605
480:1740-1445
172:East Asia
156:Androgyny
1635:Category
1567:Axiology
1436:(c. 500)
1426:(c. 100)
1301:Judgment
1256:Emotions
1251:Elegance
1231:Cuteness
1204:Feminine
1167:Concepts
1136:Tanizaki
1116:Schiller
1101:Richards
1091:Rancière
1061:Maritain
996:Hanslick
936:Benjamin
808:Feminism
777:Theology
757:Medieval
747:Japanese
742:Internet
627:21713306
568:31167552
559:10480816
488:18996066
378:"Beauty"
330:Buzzfeed
239:Beefcake
233:See also
98:beefcake
63:cultural
1630:Outline
1545:Related
1412:Poetics
1380:Tragedy
1370:Sublime
1343:Quality
1328:Mimesis
1286:Harmony
1271:Fashion
1246:Ecstasy
1241:Disgust
1157:more...
1126:Scruton
1051:Lyotard
986:Goodman
966:Deleuze
901:Aquinas
891:Alberti
864:more...
843:Realism
823:Marxism
803:Fascism
786:Schools
772:Science
727:Ancient
651:16 June
618:3721932
193:, with
146:slavery
1536:(2009)
1526:(1977)
1516:(1946)
1506:(1939)
1496:(1935)
1486:(1934)
1476:(1933)
1466:(1891)
1456:(1835)
1446:(1757)
1313:Kitsch
1291:Humour
1221:Comedy
1199:Beauty
1141:Vasari
1131:Tagore
1106:Ruskin
1046:Lukács
1036:Langer
981:Goethe
906:Balázs
886:Adorno
767:Nature
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209:Weight
102:height
94:figure
1670:This
1625:Index
1394:Works
1375:Taste
1365:Style
1146:Wilde
1086:Plato
1081:Pater
1041:Lipps
1001:Hegel
971:Dewey
961:Danto
941:Burke
762:Music
737:India
720:Areas
572:S2CID
542:(2).
381:(PDF)
249:Himbo
199:Greek
179:K-pop
1676:stub
1349:Rasa
1307:Kama
1281:Gaze
1216:Camp
1096:Rand
1031:Klee
1021:Kant
1011:Hume
931:Bell
653:2023
623:PMID
564:PMID
517:2022
484:PMID
476:ISSN
392:2022
363:2022
337:2022
311:2022
201:and
148:and
124:and
122:hair
84:and
57:The
1276:Fun
1056:Man
976:Fry
613:PMC
603:doi
554:PMC
544:doi
510:BBC
468:doi
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