Journal articles: 'Aesthetic evaluation'

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Liu, Shih-Yung, and Hsiu-Tyan Chuang. "Study of Aesthetic Evaluation and Aesthetic Response to Architectural Space." SIJ Transactions on Computer Science Engineering & its Applications (CSEA) 02, no. 03 (June 6, 2014): 07–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.9756/sijcsea/v2i3/0203230402.

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Yan, Gang, Rongjia Bi, Yingchun Guo, and Weifeng Peng. "Image Aesthetic Assessment Based on Latent Semantic Features." Information 11, no. 4 (April 17, 2020): 223. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/info11040223.

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Image aesthetic evaluation refers to the subjective aesthetic evaluation of images. Computational aesthetics has been widely concerned due to the limitations of subjective evaluation. Aiming at the problem that the existing evaluation methods of image aesthetic quality only extract the low-level features of images and they have a low correlation with human subjective perception, this paper proposes an aesthetic evaluation model based on latent semantic features. The aesthetic features of images are extracted by superpixel segmentation that is based on weighted density POI (Point of Interest), which includes semantic features, texture features, and color features. These features are mapped to feature words by LLC (Locality-constrained Linear Coding) and, furthermore, latent semantic features are extracted using the LDA (Latent Dirichlet Allocation). Finally, the SVM classifier is used to establish the classification prediction model of image aesthetics. The experimental results on the AVA dataset show that the feature coding based on latent semantics proposed in this paper improves the adaptability of the image aesthetic prediction model, and the correlation with human subjective perception reaches 83.75%.

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Deng, Li, and Guohua Wang. "Quantitative Evaluation of Visual Aesthetics of Human-Machine Interaction Interface Layout." Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience 2020 (March 10, 2020): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/9815937.

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The current research on human-machine interaction interface layout focused on ergonomic analysis, while the research on aesthetics and aesthetic degree calculation of interface layout was insufficient. In order to objectively evaluate the aesthetic degree of interface layout, this paper put forward an aesthetic degree evaluation method of interface design based on Kansei engineering. Firstly, the perceptual image structure of interface aesthetic degree was analyzed from the perspective of aesthetic cognition. Six aesthetic image factors affecting interface aesthetic degree, including proportion, conciseness, order, rhythm, density, and equilibrium, were extracted by factor analysis method, and the variance contribution rate of each factor was taken as the weight. Secondly, according to the six aesthetic degree indexes, the calculation system of interface aesthetic degree was constructed, and the aesthetic degree value of aesthetic image factor was calculated by the corresponding aesthetic degree evaluation mathematical formula. Then, Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) method was used to analyze the order of aesthetic degree superiority of design schemes, and the comprehensive aesthetic degree evaluation was carried out. Finally, the aesthetic degree evaluation of human-machine interaction interface layout of the driller’s console of an AC variable frequency drilling rig was taken as an example to verify that this method was helpful for designers to optimize the design scheme. The experimental results showed that the proposed method was feasible and effective compared with the method of paired comparison commonly used in psychophysics.

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Wu, Yu Qing, and Xing Yao Xiong. "A Study on the Psychological Structure Model of Garden Aesthetics Evaluation." Applied Mechanics and Materials 522-524 (February 2014): 1713–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.522-524.1713.

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Along with the development of social economy and culture industry, Garden Aesthetic Evaluation is becoming one of the focus issues for culture industrial administration department and tourists. This paper holds the view that different factors which affect the garden aesthetic perception will not influence the evaluation results linearly and irrelevantly. These factors have their own psychological foundation which are complicated and interactional psychological structure formation in the forming of aesthetic perception. By the Structure Equation Model (SEM), this article used the theoretical research and empirical study on garden aesthetics evaluation and the research results show that the data support the hypothesis of psychological structure formation in achieving garden aesthetics perception. The Researchers can design different structure models for different types of gardens, and obtain data by random sampling in the follow-up studies.

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Koutsabasis, Panayiotis, and Theano G. Istikopoulou. "Perceived Website Aesthetics by Users and Designers." International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction 9, no. 2 (April 2013): 39–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jthi.2013040103.

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The set up of practical methods for evaluation of web site aesthetics from the user perspective and the provision of useful feedback to designers is an open issue in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). The paper presents an evaluation study of aesthetic attributes of two web sites from the user perspective and compares the results to the design team. The study initially involved the formulation of a set of aesthetic attributes and their appreciation by a user group of 111 users for two web sites, following a traditional user testing approach. The user evaluation was then compared to the design team’s appreciation of these aesthetic attributes for their own designs. The main results of this test was that: (a) the two groups have a similar view about the presence of a considerable number of the selected aesthetic attributes; (b) users have rated most aesthetic attributes significantly lower than designers; (c) different aesthetic attributes become important for different objects of study for both groups. The design team found the evaluation informative and inspiring; however they identified the need for further explanation of user responses in terms of suggested design patterns and examples. Also, a number of recommendations towards an evaluation method of aesthetics in HCI are identified and discussed

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Koutsabasis, Panayiotis, and Theano G. Istikopoulou. "Perceived Website Aesthetics by Users and Designers." International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction 10, no. 2 (April 2014): 21–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijthi.2014040102.

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The set up of practical methods for evaluation of website aesthetics from the user perspective and the provision of useful feedback to designers is an open issue in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). The paper presents an evaluation study of aesthetic attributes of two websites from the user perspective and compares the results to the design team. The study initially involved the formulation of a set of aesthetic attributes and their appreciation by a user group of 111 users for two websites, following a traditional user testing approach. The user evaluation was then compared to the design team's appreciation of these aesthetic attributes for their own designs. The main results of this test was that: (a) the two groups have a similar view about the presence of a considerable number of the selected aesthetic attributes; (b) users have rated most aesthetic attributes significantly lower than designers; (c) different aesthetic attributes become important for different objects of study for both groups. The design team found the evaluation informative and inspiring; however they identified the need for further explanation of user responses in terms of suggested design patterns and examples. Also, a number of recommendations towards an evaluation method of aesthetics in HCI are identified and discussed

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Süner, Ahmet. "A critical evaluation of Heidegger’s criticism of aesthetics in ‘The Origin of the Work of Art’." Journal of European Studies 47, no. 1 (November 1, 2016): 21–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0047244116676686.

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This paper examines and critiques Heidegger’s repudiation of aesthetics in his essay ‘The Origin of the Work of Art’ and claims that his alternative approach to artworks in the essay must be understood as a theory of aesthetics and, more particularly, of aesthetic use, which delineates the inseparability of senses and sensations. The paper analyses Heidegger’s explicit remarks on aesthetics in the epilogue, discusses his criticism of the aesthetic thing-interpretation at the beginning of the essay and concludes with some critical observations on Heidegger’s own aesthetics. While critical of Heidegger’s separation of the equipment from the artwork, the paper claims that Heidegger’s significant contribution to the field of aesthetics must be sought in his focus on the attenuation of the subjective element in aesthetic experience.

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Nannicelli, Ted. "Aesthetic Evaluation and Film." British Journal of Aesthetics 60, no. 3 (December 9, 2019): 362–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ayz046.

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HRYNASIUK, Anastasiia R., Oksana V. NOVOSAD, Leonid V. ILYIN, Olga V. ILYINA, and Iryna V. IERKO. "ATTRACTIVENESS OF LANDSCAPES OF VOLYN REGION (UKRAINE): THEORY AND PRACTICE OF EVALUATION." GeoJournal of Tourism and Geosites 34, no. 1 (March 31, 2020): 56–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.30892/gtg.34108-619.

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This research aims to identify the most valuable territories in terms of aesthetics. Objective and subjective methods were used to assess the attractiveness of the landscapes of the Volyn region. As a result of the evaluation, four degrees of the attractiveness of the landscapes were selected. The results of a comprehensive evaluation of the aesthetical attractiveness of landscapes of the region were obtained for the first time. Cartographic materials based on the studies were established. Evaluation of the landscape's aesthetic appeal is relevant to the rational planning of economic activity territorial organization, especially for the development of the environmental activity.

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Holgate, John. "Informational Aesthetics—What Is the Relationship between Art Intelligence and Information?" Proceedings 47, no. 1 (May 15, 2020): 54. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/proceedings47010054.

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The author examines the notion of informational aesthetics. The origin of aesthetics lies in Epicurus’s notion of aesthesis and the integration of artistic activity within ethics and the ‘good life’—as in the aesthetic theory and practice of the East. The debasement of the word ‘aesthetic’ reflects the increasing alienation of beauty from imagination. The fragmentation of art now packaged as media objects in our digital world is the legacy of this alienation. The author retraces the history of the concept of information aesthetics developed in the 1960s by Birkhoff, Bense and Mole and which sought to marry mathematics, computation and semiotics with artistic activity, based on Birkhoff’s aesthetic measure, and to bridge the gap between science and the humanistic imagination. The failure of the cognitive school is attributed to the limitations of its data-driven view of art itself as an affordance of perception (Arnheim). The roles of algorithmically generated art and of Computational Aesthetic Evaluation (CAE) are assessed. An appeal is made to the more fertile conceptual ground of information civilization—an idea developed by Professor Kun Wu. The author introduces the concept of digital iconography and applies it to Renaissance masterpieces such as Raphael’s School of Athens and Leonardo’s Mona Lisa. In conclusion, Informational Aesthetics is identified as a future discipline for the Philosophy of Information.

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Holgate, John. "Informational Aesthetics—What Is the Relationship between Art Intelligence and Information?" Proceedings 47, no. 1 (May 15, 2020): 54. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020047054.

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The author examines the notion of informational aesthetics. The origin of aesthetics lies in Epicurus’s notion of aesthesis and the integration of artistic activity within ethics and the ‘good life’—as in the aesthetic theory and practice of the East. The debasement of the word ‘aesthetic’ reflects the increasing alienation of beauty from imagination. The fragmentation of art now packaged as media objects in our digital world is the legacy of this alienation. The author retraces the history of the concept of information aesthetics developed in the 1960s by Birkhoff, Bense and Mole and which sought to marry mathematics, computation and semiotics with artistic activity, based on Birkhoff’s aesthetic measure, and to bridge the gap between science and the humanistic imagination. The failure of the cognitive school is attributed to the limitations of its data-driven view of art itself as an affordance of perception (Arnheim). The roles of algorithmically generated art and of Computational Aesthetic Evaluation (CAE) are assessed. An appeal is made to the more fertile conceptual ground of information civilization—an idea developed by Professor Kun Wu. The author introduces the concept of digital iconography and applies it to Renaissance masterpieces such as Raphael’s School of Athens and Leonardo’s Mona Lisa. In conclusion, Informational Aesthetics is identified as a future discipline for the Philosophy of Information.

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Galanter, Philip. "XEPA - Autonomous Intelligent Light and Sound Sculptures That Improvise Group Performances." Leonardo 47, no. 4 (August 2014): 386–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/leon_a_00844.

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XEPA anticipates a future where machines form their own societies. Going beyond mere generative art, machines will exhibit artistic creativity with the addition of artistic judgment via computational aesthetic evaluation. In such a future our notions of aesthetics will undergo a radical translation. The XEPA intelligent sculptures create animated light and sound sequences. Each sculpture “watches” the others and modifies its own aesthetic behavior to create a collaborative, improvisational performance. No coordination information or commands are used. Each XEPA independently evaluates the aesthetics of the other sculptures, infers a theme or mood being attempted, and then modifies its own aesthetics to better reinforce that theme. Each performance is unique and widely varied. XEPA is an ever-evolving artwork, intended as a platform for ongoing experiments in computational aesthetic evaluation.

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Muehlbauer, Manuel. "Towards typogenetic tools for generative urban aesthetics." Smart and Sustainable Built Environment 7, no. 1 (April 3, 2018): 20–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/sasbe-10-2017-0052.

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Purpose Urban typogenetics investigates the use of machine intelligence for the evaluation of performance measures as a decision support system (DSS) with a focus on urban aesthetics evaluation. This framework allows designers to address performance measures, urban measures and aesthetic criteria in an adaptive, interactive generative design approach. The purpose of this paper is to provide an understanding of the structure and the nature of the framework and the application of human-in-the-loop design systems to urban design. Design/methodology/approach Significant literature reviewed lead to the identification of an application potential in the decision-making process. This potential is situated around the use of AI for the evaluation of subjective performance criteria in a DSS. Recognising that the key decisions about urban aesthetics are based on the individual evaluation of the designer, an HITL approach for computational design software to support creative decisions is presented in this paper. Findings Urban typogenetics for interactive generative urban design allows the exploration of complex design spaces by using a human-in-the-loop design system in the context of urban aesthetics. Hybrid aesthetic evaluation allows the designer to analyse morphological features and urban aesthetics during exploratory search and reveal hidden aspects of the urban context by visualisation of the results of the aesthetic evaluation. Integrating performance measures and urban aesthetics in urban typogenetics addresses major criteria of urban design at the beginning of the creative process. Originality/value The use of a broad interactive approach to typogenetic design in an application to urban scenarios is a novel conceptual approach to the design of urban configurations. The suggested adaptive mechanism would allow the user of a typogenetic tool to subjectively evaluate solutions by sight and reason about aesthetic, social and cultural implication of the reviewed design solutions.

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Coch, Thomas. "Landschaftsbildbewertung, Ästhetik und Wahrnehmungspsychologie – eine konfliktträchtige Dreiecksbeziehung | Evaluation of landscape scenery, aesthetics, and awareness psychology – a conflict-charged three-way relationship." Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen 157, no. 8 (August 1, 2006): 310–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.3188/szf.2006.0310.

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When evaluating the changes that have affected landscape scenery, methods and procedures are used which either quantify the characteristics of the specific landscape sector in question,and the particular changes it has undergone, or, based on a specific point of view, attempt to carry out a criteria based evaluation of the subjective impression. Both scenarios reveal inconsistencies between the methods employed and the aesthetic conceptual considerations. Such inconsistencies have given rise to epistemological discussions since the days of Plato. Research into the psychology of awareness and brain-physiological research point to the fact that a reduction in the aesthetic esteem of both objective or subjective indicators cannot live up to the requirements of the aesthetic experience. Against this background, this text seeks to make a case for changing the mechanisms used to evaluate landscape aesthetics.

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Gang, Liang, and Gao Weishang. "The Effectiveness of Pictorial Aesthetics Based on Multiview Parallel Neural Networks in Art-Oriented Teaching." Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience 2021 (August 23, 2021): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/3735104.

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How to effectively improve the effectiveness of art teaching has always been one of the hot topics concerned by all sectors of society. Especially, in art teaching, situational interaction helps improve the atmosphere of art class. However, there are few attempts to quantitatively evaluate the aesthetics of ink painting. Ink painting expresses images through ink tone and stroke changes, which is significantly different from photos and paintings in visual characteristics, semantic characteristics, and aesthetic standards. For this reason, this study proposes an adaptive computational aesthetic evaluation framework for ink painting based on situational interaction using deep learning techniques. The framework extracts global and local images as multiple input according to the aesthetic criteria of ink painting and designs a model named MVPD-CNN to extract deep aesthetic features; finally, an adaptive deep aesthetic evaluation model is constructed. The experimental results demonstrate that our model has higher aesthetic evaluation performance compared with baseline, and the extracted deep aesthetic features are significantly better than the traditional manual design features, and its adaptive evaluation results reach a Pearson height of 0.823 compared with the manual aesthetic. In addition, art classroom simulation and interference experiments show that our model is highly resistant to interference and more sensitive to the three painting elements of composition, ink color, and texture in specific compositions.

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Stejskalová, Dagmar. "Functional and aesthetical evaluation of landscape." Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis 55, no. 5 (2007): 155–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.11118/actaun200755050155.

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Functional and aesthetical evaluation of landscape was used in the framework of Project QF4061 Landscape Plan of a Microregion in connection with the proposal of landscape measures to be taken in an important watercourse. As a part of the project the methodology of functional and aesthetical evaluation of landscape was defined as a method of landscape spatial planning. The methodology consists in the creation of landscape “matrix” as a landscape network of a definite size. The criteria of evaluation of the particular squares of this landscape matrix were defined in the framework of methodology. The defined criteria are not invariable, but they are always related with the type of landscape to be evaluated. By the attribution of scores according to the defined criteria to the particular squares of landscape matrix these squares may be compared in a simple way. Such evaluation provides some categories of the aesthetic value of landscape that define the functional and aesthetic landscape spaces. Applying the result of this evaluation and other knowledge of the landscape we will get a more comprehensive view on landscape. The functional and aesthetic evaluation of landscape may substantially contribute to the more complex understanding of a given territory in which landscape measures are to be proposed in subsequent project documentation. The methodology is simple and easily feasible in practice.

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Di Summa-Knoop, Laura T. "Naturalized Aesthetics and Criticism." Projections 12, no. 2 (December 1, 2018): 19–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/proj.2018.120204.

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Can naturalized aesthetics contribute to the evaluation of a work? In this article, I consider three ways in which naturalized aesthetics may inform critical evaluation. First, I analyze the role of naturalized aesthetic analysis in the formation of the creative choices made by filmmakers. Second, I assess the relationship between the analysis of empathy provided by Murray Smith’s Film, Art, and the Third Culture and the expression of moral evaluations. And third, I outline what I take to be naturalized aesthetics’ promising potential contribution to the study of genre and contra-standard features. In the concluding section, I instead introduce what I take to be two rather serious difficulties to a cooperation between criticism and naturalized aesthetics.

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Lapshina, Valentina Semyonovna. "Aesthetic Evaluation in Architectural Education." Manuskript, no. 11 (November 2020): 152–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.30853/mns200518.

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Alexander, H. A. "Eisner's Aesthetic Theory of Evaluation." Educational Theory 36, no. 3 (September 1986): 259–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-5446.1986.00259.x.

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Zhang, Jiajing, Jinhui Yu, Kang Zhang, Xianjun Sam Zheng, and Junsong Zhang. "Computational Aesthetic Evaluation of Logos." ACM Transactions on Applied Perception 14, no. 3 (July 24, 2017): 1–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3058982.

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Câmara, Carlos Alexandre. "Analysis of smile aesthetics using the SmileCurves digital template." Dental Press Journal of Orthodontics 25, no. 1 (January 2020): 80–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/2177-6709.25.1.080-088.sar.

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ABSTRACT Introduction: The aesthetic analysis of a smile may be facilitated by the use of a template that provides several dental aesthetic references and support for the diagnosis, simplifying it and defining guidelines for the aesthetic planning of orthodontic and integrated treatments. Objective: To describe a simple and objective procedure for the evaluation of smile aesthetics using the SmileCurves digital template (SCT), based on the superimposition of intraoral photographic images and close-up views of a smile. Conclusion: SCT is a simple and objective tool for the aesthetic analysis of a smile.

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Haas, Andreas F., Marine Guibert, Anja Foerschner, Tim Co, Sandi Calhoun, Emma George, Mark Hatay, et al. "Can we measure beauty? Computational evaluation of coral reef aesthetics." PeerJ 3 (November 10, 2015): e1390. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1390.

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The natural beauty of coral reefs attracts millions of tourists worldwide resulting in substantial revenues for the adjoining economies. Although their visual appearance is a pivotal factor attracting humans to coral reefs current monitoring protocols exclusively target biogeochemical parameters, neglecting changes in their aesthetic appearance. Here we introduce a standardized computational approach to assess coral reef environments based on 109 visual features designed to evaluate the aesthetic appearance of art. The main feature groups include color intensity and diversity of the image, relative size, color, and distribution of discernable objects within the image, and texture. Specific coral reef aesthetic values combining all 109 features were calibrated against an established biogeochemical assessment (NCEAS) using machine learning algorithms. These values were generated for ∼2,100 random photographic images collected from 9 coral reef locations exposed to varying levels of anthropogenic influence across 2 ocean systems. Aesthetic values proved accurate predictors of the NCEAS scores (root mean square error < 5 forN≥ 3) and significantly correlated to microbial abundance at each site. This shows that mathematical approaches designed to assess the aesthetic appearance of photographic images can be used as an inexpensive monitoring tool for coral reef ecosystems. It further suggests that human perception of aesthetics is not purely subjective but influenced by inherent reactions towards measurable visual cues. By quantifying aesthetic features of coral reef systems this method provides a cost efficient monitoring tool that targets one of the most important socioeconomic values of coral reefs directly tied to revenue for its local population.

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Wannarumon, Somlak, Erik L. J. Bohez, and Kittinan Annanon. "Aesthetic evolutionary algorithm for fractal-based user-centered jewelry design." Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing 22, no. 1 (December 12, 2007): 19–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0890060408000024.

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AbstractThis paper proposes an aesthetic-driven evolutionary algorithm for user-centered design. The evolutionary algorithm is based on a genetic algorithm (GA). It is developed to work as an art form generator that enhances user's productivity and creativity through reproduction, evaluation, and selection. Users can input their preferences and guide the generating direction to the system. A two-step fitness function is developed to evaluate morphology and aesthetics of the generated art forms. Fractals created by an iterated function system are used for representing art forms in our process. Algorithmic aesthetics are developed based on the aesthetic measure theory, surveys of human preferences, and popular long-lasting symbols. The algorithmic aesthetics is used for evaluating aesthetics of art forms together with subjective nonquantifiable aspects, and placed in the fitness function. The GA basically creates two-dimensional art forms. However, any two-dimensional image can be included through the property of a condensation set of fractals. The proposed GA can increase design productivity by about 80%. Examples of jewelry designs and physical prototypes created by the proposed system are included.

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MIYASHITA, Tatsuya, Atsushi KIMURA, and Takashi OKA. "Individual Differences in Aesthetic Evaluation: Openness and Aesthetic Dimension of Value." Transactions of Japan Society of Kansei Engineering 16, no. 3 (2017): 315–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.5057/jjske.tjske-d-17-00007.

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Jovanovic, Monika. "At the end of the debate about canons: Categories, evaluation and the nature of aesthetic value." Theoria, Beograd 63, no. 1 (2020): 143–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/theo2001143j.

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The public opinion in philosophy is guided by a multitude of factors and sometimes an idea gets general recognition but is systematically studied only after a few decades have passed. There aren?t many papers in contemporary aesthetics that can match the originality and influence of Kendall Walton?s ?Categories of Art?. It is unsurprising, then, that contemporary aestheticians often expand upon its main theses. Nevertheless, even after almost half a century from its first publication, an exhaustive and comprehensive interpretation of Walton?s paper is still lacking. Moreover, even Walton himself doesn?t provide a detailed elucidation of his ideas, many of which are merely outlined in his seminal paper. Furthermore, he doesn?t apply his view to evaluative aesthetic judgments, even though such an attempt could today, when the debate about aesthetic canons is on the wane, might help us understand the nature of aesthetic evaluation. The goal of this paper is to once again shed some light on the significance of Walton?s approach and on its reception in contemporary aesthetics.

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Żakowska, Lidia. "Visualization, modelling and analyzing of transport space in cities from the aspect of aesthetics evaluation." Budownictwo i Architektura 13, no. 1 (March 11, 2014): 203–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.35784/bud-arch.1940.

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Author claims that protection of transport space environment covers all actions which enhance aesthetics of this space and which upgrades its visual properties. Protection of transport environment which is realized in a constant care of visual effect, creates a new approach to transport sustainable development research. The considerations on aesthetical evaluation in transportation are presented based on visualization methods, first at classical two-dimensional approach of linear perspective and finally in form of four-dimensional intelligent digital models of virtual space. Transport environment visualization characteristics and their perception in relation to aesthetic properties are studied, also the new emerging science of visualization is described, and finally the future directions of visualization in urban transportation development are predicted.

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Wang, Weining, Dong Cai, Li Wang, Qinghua Huang, Xiangmin Xu, and Xuelong Li. "Synthesized computational aesthetic evaluation of photos." Neurocomputing 172 (January 2016): 244–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2014.12.106.

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Ghaleb, N., J. Bouserhal, and N. Bassil-Nassif. "Aesthetic evaluation of profile incisor inclination." European Journal of Orthodontics 33, no. 3 (August 17, 2010): 228–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ejo/cjq059.

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Strasser, Eugene J. "EVALUATION OF AESTHETIC RESULTS AFTER MAMMAPLASTY." Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 108, no. 4 (September 2001): 1085–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00006534-200109150-00054.

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Franzén, Nils. "Aesthetic Evaluation and First-Hand Experience." Australasian Journal of Philosophy 96, no. 4 (January 28, 2018): 669–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00048402.2018.1425729.

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ODA, Masaomi, and Ikuko KYOYA. "Aesthetic evaluation on the lattice arrangement." Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association 77 (September 19, 2013): 1PM—048–1PM—048. http://dx.doi.org/10.4992/pacjpa.77.0_1pm-048.

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Van Bezooijen, Renée. "Aesthetic evaluation of Dutch language varieties." Language & Communication 14, no. 3 (July 1994): 253–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0271-5309(94)90003-5.

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Kim, Nam Hyeong, and Hyang Hye Kang. "The aesthetic evaluation of coastal landscape." KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering 13, no. 2 (March 2009): 65–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12205-009-0065-0.

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Disli, Gulsen. "An aesthetic evaluation of the 18th century Ottoman mosques in Anatolia." International Journal of Academic Research 6, no. 6 (November 30, 2014): 84–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.7813/2075-4124.2014/6-6/a.10.

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Bauerly, Michael P., and Yili Liu. "Development and Validation of a Symmetry Metric for Interface Aesthetics." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 49, no. 5 (September 2005): 681–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/154193120504900510.

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This article describes the experimental investigation of the effects of symmetry on judgments of interface aesthetics. Thirty compositions were developed in order to validate symmetry quantification algorithms with subjective aesthetic ratings. The same compositions were used in two experiments, one using basic black-and-white images, and the other using web pages. The images were rated by 16 subjects in each experiment using the ratio-scale magnitude estimation method against a benchmark image. Subjects also established an ordered list of the images according to their aesthetic appeal using the balanced incomplete block (BIB) ranking method. The results show that subjects are adept at rating symmetry about both horizontal and vertical axes and their ratings closely match the quantification algorithm. Additionally, the relation between the dominant symmetry value and aesthetic appeal shows that subjects preferred symmetric images over non-symmetric images for the black-and-white imagery. The development and validation of the symmetry metric is an important step towards developing quantitative evaluation metrics for interface aesthetics evaluation and design.

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Dorsch, Fabian. "Die Grenzen des ästhetisch en Empirismus." Zeitschrift für Ästhetik und Allgemeine Kunstwissenschaft 57, no. 2 (2012): 98–110. http://dx.doi.org/10.28937/1000107596.

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In den letzten Jahren ist es recht populär geworden, traditionelle Fragen der philosophischen Ästhetik – wie zum Beispiel die nach der Natur und Rechtfertigung ästhetischer Beurteilungen – mithilfe empirischer Forschungsergebnisse zu beantworten zu versuchen. Diesem empiristisch geprägten Ansatz möchte ich gerne eine rationalistisch orientierte Auffassung der ästhetischen Erfahrung und Bewertung von Kunstwerken entgegensetzen. Insbesondere möchte ich die ästhetische Relevanz dreier verschiedener Arten empirischer Studien kritisch diskutieren: solcher, die einzelne Kunstwerke unter Einsatz der Natur- oder Geschichtswissenschaften erforschen; solcher, die sich der empirischen Methoden der Psychologie und der Soziologie bedienen, um unsere ästhetischen Beurteilungen einzelner Werke oder Werkgruppen zu untersuchen; und schließlich solcher, die unser allgemeines ästhetisches Urteilsvermögen einer kognitionswissenschaftlichen Überprüfung unterziehen.<br><br>In recent years, it has become rather popular to rely on the results of empirical studies in trying to answer some of the traditional questions in philosophical aesthetics, such as the one concerning the nature and justification of aesthetic evaluation. In opposition to this very empiricist approach, I would like to put forward a more rationalist picture of the aesthetic experience and evaluation of artworks. More specifically, I aim to critically discuss the aesthetic relevance of three kinds of empirical studies: of those that examine particular artworks by means of scientific or historical investigations; of those that use the empirical methods of psychology and sociology in order to examine our aesthetic evaluations of single works or groups of work; and finally of those that scrutinize our general faculty for aesthetic judgement by means of the cognitive sciences.

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Kirillova, Ksenia, and Janelle Chan. "“What is beautiful we book”: hotel visual appeal and expected service quality." International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 30, no. 3 (March 19, 2018): 1788–807. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijchm-07-2017-0408.

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Purpose This paper aims to investigate the effect of hotel aesthetics as represented in online spaces (e.g. online travel agency website) in prospective guests’ evaluation of expected service quality and booking intentions, as well as the interplay between aesthetic and functional values as related to those outcomes. Design/methodology/approach A scenario-based experimental design is conducted with 203 Chinese respondents. A between-subject two-way multivariate analysis of covariance (high vs low aesthetic value; high vs low functional value), which also controlled for respondents’ individual tendency to appreciate beauty, is used. Findings Results show that high aesthetic value hotels are more likely to be booked and perceived as able to deliver better services in SERVQUAL dimensions of tangibles, reliability and assurance. There are no significant effects for responsiveness and empathy. Given the presence of the aesthetic effect, hotel functional value has no impact on the outcome variables. Practical implications Hotel managers are recommended to employ professional photographer-artists who are aware of the aesthetic value of hotels and can translate this value into information technology-mediated spaces. Such professionals should be able to create a composition that balances the elements of classic (e.g. symmetry vs asymmetry) and expressive (e.g. color) aesthetics. Originality/value This research brings out a number of insights from the product experience literature in the hospitality context and points to the limitations of the product visual attractiveness in engendering positive service quality evaluation.

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Carballal, Adrian, Carlos Fernandez-Lozano, Nereida Rodriguez-Fernandez, Luz Castro, and Antonino Santos. "Avoiding the Inherent Limitations in Datasets Used for Measuring Aesthetics When Using a Machine Learning Approach." Complexity 2019 (January 8, 2019): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/4659809.

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An important topic in evolutionary art is the development of systems that can mimic the aesthetics decisions made by human begins, e.g., fitness evaluations made by humans using interactive evolution in generative art. This paper focuses on the analysis of several datasets used for aesthetic prediction based on ratings from photography websites and psychological experiments. Since these datasets present problems, we proposed a new dataset that is a subset of DPChallenge.com. Subsequently, three different evaluation methods were considered, one derived from the ratings available at DPChallenge.com and two obtained under experimental conditions related to the aesthetics and quality of images. We observed different criteria in the DPChallenge.com ratings, which had more to do with the photographic quality than with the aesthetic value. Finally, we explored learning systems other than state-of-the-art ones, in order to predict these three values. The obtained results were similar to those using state-of-the-art procedures.

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Schwarz, Ori. "‘Everything is designed to make an impression’: The moralisation of aesthetic judgement and the hedonistic ethic of authenticity." European Journal of Cultural Studies 22, no. 4 (July 26, 2019): 399–415. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1367549419861629.

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Viewing both ethics and aesthetics as reflections of the social, cultural sociologists fail to thoroughly account for the complex interrelations between these realms. This article explores this relationship through a study of ‘farterism’, a discursive category that emerged in Israel during the 1990s and is used to denounce vain pretence. Not only do aesthetic surfaces operate as emotionally-laden shortcuts to deeper layers of ethical meaning, the very act of aesthetic judgement is moralized, subjected to normative regulation. The article analyses the use of ‘farterism’ in the lay evaluation of architecture, restaurants and films, while reconstructing its implied ethic of aesthetic, ‘the hedonistic ethic of authenticity’. I discuss this ethic’s philosophical-cultural roots (including the performative contribution of critical social science) and the continuities between its application in cultural evaluation and in wider moral contexts. The pattern that emerges in the data relies on the Emperor’s New Clothes tale: uncovering the hidden influence of the social on the aesthetic is at the centre of the normative regulation of aesthetic judgement. This allows laypersons to challenge cultural hierarchies shaped by cultural fields, experts and markets, and denounce them as corrupted by the social.

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Krane, Natalie, Jeffrey Markey, Lauren Moneta, and Michael Kim. "Aesthetics of the Nasal Dorsum: Proportions, Light, and Shadow." Facial Plastic Surgery 33, no. 02 (April 2017): 120–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0037-1598626.

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AbstractDue to its central location, the nose plays a prominent role in facial aesthetics. As tastes have shifted and techniques have advanced, the accepted “ideal” appearance and proportions of the nose have evolved over time. By assessing the aesthetics of the nasal dorsum through the use of lines and angles, one can more precisely elucidate a goal for the patient's postoperative nasal shape, which should, in turn, guide the surgeon to execute specific operative maneuvers needed to achieve that contour. In assessing the aesthetics of the nasal dorsum, practitioners calculate and observe aspects such as the paired dorsal aesthetic lines, the nasofrontal angle, and the nasofacial angle. There is also additional consideration given to nasal tip position as this must fit harmoniously with the shape of the dorsum. In contrast to the established aesthetic lines and angles, using nasal geometric polygons for the aesthetic evaluation and development of operative goals in rhinoplasty has recently been described in the literature. Constructed ideals, in the form of proportions, lines, and angles, should be used with caution, as there are many factors to consider in the aesthetic analysis of the nasal dorsum, including ethnic differences, and subjective and changing views of beauty.

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Sinescu, Cosmin, Adrian Manescu, Meda Lavinia Negrutiu, Mihai Rominu, Liviu Marşavina, Alessandra Giuliani, and Adrian Gh Podoleanu. "Imagistic Evaluation of the Orthodontics Interfaces." Advanced Engineering Forum 8-9 (June 2013): 317–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/aef.8-9.317.

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In orthodontics, the scientific interest regarding adhesion is focused on optimizing adherents: metallic or aesthetic bracket base conditioning, creating aesthetic brackets with improved mechanical properties, enamel conditioning and artificial surface conditioning (aesthetic veneers and crowns). In order to investigate the interfaces between adherents there are several invasive (destructive) methods such as tensile bond strength tests, shear bond strength tests and microleakage tests.

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CAVALCANTI, Sabrina Maciel, Flavia Bridi VALENTIM, Selva Maria Gonçalves GUERRA, and Elizabeth Pimentel ROSETTI. "Aesthetic perception of gingival smiles." Revista de Odontologia da UNESP 47, no. 1 (February 19, 2018): 45–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1807-2577.08017.

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Abstract Introduction Dentists have shown interest in learning new techniques to create more attractive smiles, but with little concern for understanding the reasons why the patient is dissatisfied. Objective To evaluate the aesthetic perception of laypersons in dentistry in comparison with general practitioner dentists and periodontists regarding the gingival smile, and to compare this aesthetic perception between the male and female genders. Methodology A photograph of a standard smile was taken and was digitally modified to create the periodontal conditions of a gingival smile from 0.5 mm to 2.5 mm. The photographs were judged by 150 individuals (25-65 years of age), 81 female and 69 male, divided into three groups: 50 laypersons, 50 general practitioners and 50 periodontists. The evaluation was performed using a visual analog scale. The statistical evaluation tests used were the Pearson Chi squared test, Student's t-test, ANOVA and Newman-keuls. Result The aesthetic perceptions among the professionals are similar, and they observe more subtle changes in the aesthetics of the smile than the laypersons observe. The general practitioners and periodontists were similarly sensitive to changes generated in the gingival smile when these reached 1.5 mm, while laypersons only perceived them when these changes reached 2.5 mm. There was no significant difference in the aesthetic perception of male and female evaluators in any of the groups. Conclusion The aesthetic perception of the gingival smile between general practitioner dentists and periodontists was similar, and dental professionals were more demanding than the layperson. There was no difference between female and male aesthetic perceptions.

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van den Berg, Marguerite, and Josien Arts. "The Aesthetics of Work-Readiness: Aesthetic Judgements and Pedagogies for Conditional Welfare and Post-Fordist Labour Markets." Work, Employment and Society 33, no. 2 (March 13, 2018): 298–313. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0950017018758196.

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Recent legislation in the Netherlands takes conditional welfare to a new level. Local welfare offices can now give benefit sanctions to welfare clients that ‘obstruct employment’ by their appearance. Through a qualitative and ethnographic study of aesthetic evaluation practices in Dutch welfare offices it is argued that: (1) an everyday aesthetic labour is pivotal in post-Fordist labour markets; (2) in times of precarization, this is so for unemployed as well as formally employed populations; (3) welfare clients are expected to give an aesthetic performance of work-readiness and adaptability; and (4) case managers use aesthetics as a pedagogy to achieve this readiness and adaptability. Aesthetic labour, it is then argued, is best conceptualized as a continuous, everyday, backstage labour for labour: a daily calibration for work contexts in flux.

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Carlson, Allen. "Aesthetic Appreciation of Nature and Environmentalism." Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 69 (September 22, 2011): 137–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1358246111000257.

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There can be no doubt that aesthetic appreciation of nature has frequently been a major factor in how we regard and treat the natural environment. In his historical study of American environmental attitudes, environmental philosopher Eugene Hargrove documents the ways in which aesthetic value was extremely influential concerning the preservation of some of North America's most magnificent natural environments. Other environmental philosophers agree. J. Baird Callicott claims that historically ‘aesthetic evaluation… has made a terrific difference to American conservation policy and management’, pointing out that one of ‘the main reasons that we have set aside certain natural areas as national, state, and county parks is because they are considered beautiful’, and arguing that many ‘more of our conservation and management decisions have been motivated by aesthetic rather than ethical values’. Likewise environmental philosopher Ned Hettinger concludes his investigation of the significance of aesthetic appreciation for the ‘protection of the environment’ by affirming that ‘environmental ethics would benefit from taking environmental aesthetics more seriously’. Callicott sums up the situation as follows: ‘What kinds of country we consider to be exceptionally beautiful makes a huge difference when we come to decide which places to save, which to restore or enhance, and which to allocate to other uses’ concluding that ‘a sound natural aesthetics is crucial to sound conservation policy and land management’.

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Bölte, Jens, Thomas M. Hösker, Gerrit Hirschfeld, and Meinald T. Thielsch. "Electrophysiological correlates of aesthetic processing of webpages: a comparison of experts and laypersons." PeerJ 5 (June 6, 2017): e3440. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3440.

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We investigated whether design experts or laypersons evaluate webpages differently. Twenty participants, 10 experts and 10 laypersons, judged the aesthetic value of a webpage in an EEG-experiment. Screenshots of 150 webpages, judged as aesthetic or as unaesthetic by another 136 participants, served as stimulus material. Behaviorally, experts and laypersons evaluated unaesthetic webpages similarly, but they differed in their evaluation of aesthetic ones: experts evaluated aesthetic webpages as unaesthetic more often than laypersons did. The ERP-data show main effects of level of expertise and of aesthetic value only. There was no interaction of expertise and aesthetics. In a time-window of 110–130 ms after stimulus onset, aesthetic webpages elicited a more negative EEG-amplitude than unaesthetic webpages. In the same time window, experts had more negative EEG-amplitudes than laypersons. This patterning of results continued until a time window of 600–800 ms in which group and aesthetic differences diminished. An interaction of perceiver characteristics and object properties that several interactionist theories postulate was absent in the EEG-data. Experts seem to process the stimuli in a more thorough manner than laypersons. The early activation differences between aesthetic and unaesthetic webpages is in contrast with some theories of aesthetic processing and has not been reported before.

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Gladkova, Anna. "“What is beauty?”." International Journal of Language and Culture 8, no. 1 (June 7, 2021): 84–105. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/ijolc.00036.gla.

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Abstract The paper studies the semantics of four Russian key terms of aesthetic evaluation: krasivyj ‘beautiful’, prekrasnyj ‘beautiful/fine’, nekrasivyj ’ugly/plain’ and bezobraznyj ‘ugly/frightful’. It demonstrates different patterns of polysemy of the words and the nuances of meaning. Following the framework of folk aesthetics and cultural semantics, the meanings of the terms in question are represented using the Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) and are shown to relate to Russian cultural themes. The analysis demonstrates cultural significance of aesthetic value in Russian and its intrinsic link with ethics, morality and politeness.

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Slattery, Mary Francis. "The Theory and Aesthetic Evaluation of Literature." Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 49, no. 2 (1991): 187. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/431720.

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Mélega, José M. "Evaluation of eyelid function after aesthetic blepharoplasty." Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 87, no. 4 (April 1991): 813. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00006534-199104000-00056.

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Papel, Ira. "Quantitative Facial Aesthetic Evaluation with Computer Imaging." Facial Plastic Surgery 7, no. 01 (1990): 35–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-2008-1064662.

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Kovacs, Boglarka O., Shamir B. Mehta, Subir Banerji, and Brian J. Millar. "Aesthetic smile evaluation - a non-invasive solution." Dental Update 38, no. 7 (September 2, 2011): 452–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/denu.2011.38.7.452.

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