Alexander Baumgarten

Alexander Baumgarten was an 18th-century philosopher who is considered the founder of aesthetics, the study of art and beauty. He argued that studying beauty and artistic experience is a distinct and valuable branch of philosophy, separate from logic or ethics. Baumgarten believed that our senses and feelings play a central role in how we experience and appreciate art, highlighting the importance of sensory perception in understanding beauty. His ideas helped shape modern discussions of art, creativity, and taste, emphasizing that aesthetic experience is vital to human life and culture.