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aestheticize
(redirected from aestheticizes)

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aes·thet·i·cize also es·thet·i·cize  (s-tht-sz)
tr.v. aes·thet·i·cized also es·thet·i·cized, aes·thet·i·ciz·ing also es·thet·i·ciz·ing, aes·thet·i·ciz·es also es·thet·i·ciz·es
To depict in an idealized or artistic manner: "When they range too far from experience, aestheticize life too much, the pictures are disappointing" (Village Voice).
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While scavenger-artists are perpetually subject to the criticism that they select more than they transform, Sibony aestheticizes the aesthetic void, and in that way he does transform.
Gedi Sibony: GREENE NAFTALI by Stillman, Nick / Artforum International
Thus the gross particulars of a pornographic activity are incorporated into wondrous, dazzling designs: On the one hand, Holstad aestheticizes the homosexual act, making its image one of rarefied and universal beauty; on the other hand, such a romantic covering-up is like polybagging a porn magazine, stimulating the imagination by frustrating it.
The ties that bind: Christopher Bollen on Christian Holstad by Bollen, Christopher / Artforum International
The difference is that adapter-director Robinson Devor is thoroughly conscious of his movie's cheesiness; he actively aestheticizes it here, while missing no opportunity to let the audience in on the joke.
FLICK CHASES AUDIENCES INTO THEATERS WITH STYLE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
 
 
 
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