Baumgarten the Beautician. The Origins of Cosmetics as an Aesthetic Discourse
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Parole chiave

Cosmetics; Aisthesis; Beauty Care; Baumgarten; Enlightenment Aesthetics

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Nannini, A. (2023). Baumgarten the Beautician. The Origins of Cosmetics as an Aesthetic Discourse. Aesthetica Preprint, (120), 159-172. Recuperato da https://mimesisjournals.com/ojs/index.php/aesthetica-preprint/article/view/2257

Abstract

In this essay, I intend to reconstruct the first encounter between the cosmetic discourse and the newly born aesthetic discipline in the German mid-eighteenth century. Examining the new aesthetic conceptualization of cosmetics, I aim to investigate both its significance within the cosmetic tradition and its implications for the rise of philosophical aesthetics with regard to the relationship with corporeal beauty.

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