Glossary of Terms (dictionary definitions)

A Priori :

1. Relating to or denoting reasoning or knowledge that proceeds from theoretical deduction rather than from observation or experience.

Aesthetics :

1. A set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty, esp. in art.
2. The branch of philosophy that deals with the principles of beauty and artistic taste.

Appeal : 

1. The power of attracting or of arousing interest.

Art :

1. The expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture,...: "the art of the Renaissance"
2. Works produced by such skill and imagination.

Beauty :

1. A combination of qualities, such as shape, color, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, esp. the sight.
2. A combination of qualities that pleases the intellect or moral sense.

Style :

1. A manner of doing something.
2. Design or make in a particular form.

Taste :

1. The ability to make discerning judgments about aesthetic, artistic, and intellectual matters; discrimination combination of qualities, such as shape, color, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, esp. the sight.

Visual :

1. Of or relating to seeing or sight: "visual perception".
2. A picture, piece of film, or display used to illustrate or accompany something.