1. Aesthetics comes from the Greek word "aisthetikos" meaning sense perception. It was first developed as a field of philosophy in the 18th century by Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten who established aesthetics as a branch of philosophy focused on the operations and effects of sense perception. 2. There are different perspectives on aesthetics throughout its history. Early thinkers like Plato and Aristotle discussed concepts related to aesthetics. In the 18th century, Baumgarten founded aesthetic theory as a science of sense perception. Immanuel Kant further developed theories of aesthetics and analyzed the concept of taste. 3. Aesthetics involves the philosophical study of beauty, art, enjoyment