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aestheticize
(redirected from estheticizing)

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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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The photographs taken by Russian sputniks and American Ranger missions in the '60s placed a premium on accuracy; the estheticizing idealism of solitary 19th-century selenographers had been replaced by the scientificity of highly trained specialists in the service of government agencies.
'Shooting the Moon." (Julie Saul Gallery, New York, New York) by Bartelik, Marek / Artforum International
Organized for the Venice Biennale by Cathrin Pichler, with altogether too much assistance from director Jean Clair, the exhibition, with its 19th-century fetish for estheticizing ugliness, takes the prize for the most unattractive show of the year.
Best and worst 1995 by Artforum International
So art advertises by estheticizing the anesthetic - the tasteless, odorless, and colorless - the "invisible.
Critical reflections by Shiff, Richard / Artforum International
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