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Aesthetics is the branch of philosophy dealing with such notions as the beautiful, the ugly, the sublime, the comic. The root of the word aesthetic is the Greek word ‘aisthetikos’, which means perception through the senses. Art has existed through all of recorded human history. It is unique to humans because of our unique form of thinking. Its importance is based on this nature, specifically, man's ability to abstract. Art is a little understood tool of man to bring meaning to abstract concept. Aesthetics is important because it delves into the reason why art has always existed, the burning need of mankind through the ages to see the world in a different, clear way. It further evaluates art by the standard of human life, and whether it accomplishes the job of satisfying man's intellectual needs, or whether it tends to hurt or make worse those needs. Aesthetics in Education is a way of regaining touch with the process of learning something new, of being introduced to

           It was a German philosopher, Alexander Gottieb Baumgarten who in 1735 introduced the term, Aesthetics though the nature of beauty had earlier been studied. Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy that deals with the essence and perception of the beautiful (and the ugly) as opposed to the moral and the useful. It also deals with the question of whether these qualities are objectively inherent in the objects in which they are perceived or just in the mind of the one who perceives it. This branch of philosophy also deals with issue of whether the objects in question have in themselves special qualities or there are modes, the aesthetics modes, by which these qualities are perceived. Again, the discipline asks whether or not there is actually a difference between the beautiful and the sublime. Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy which deals with the nature of art and taste. It is the creation and appreciation of beauty. Scientifically it is defined as the sensory-emotional va