Within the assignment there are several sections, the first section will consider three definitions of aesthetics considering the views of Plato, Nietzsche and Ruskin, the second, third and fourth sections will consider the following works: The Roses of Heliogabalus by Sir Lawrence Almadema, The Hay Wain by John Constable and Ophelia by John Everett Millais respectively. ... I have chosen Plato, Nietzsche and Ruskin to illustrate how I understand aesthetics. Plato states For he who would proceed aright... should begin in youth to visit beautiful forms...out of that he should create fair thou...

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