Art, beauty and everything else defined

Art:

The conscience used of skill, craft and creative imagination in the 

production of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance.

-Visual Dictionary of Architecture

An aesthetically pleasing and meaningful arrangement of elements, 

as words, sounds, colors, shapes, etc.; Form of human activity whose 

chief character is determined by such arrangement.

-CDEP 

Aesthetics:

The branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of 

art, beauty, and taste, with a view to establishing the meaning and 

validity of critical judgements concerning works of art. Also, esthetics.

Beauty:

The aggregate (summation, total) of qualities in a person or thing that gives 

intense pleasure (delight) to the senses or deep satisfaction to the mind or spirit, 

whether arising from harmony of form or colour, excellence or craft, truthfulness, 

originality, or other, often unspecifiable property. 

Taste:

Critical judgement, discernment, or appreciation of what is fitting, 

harmonious, or beautiful prevailing in a culture or personal to an individual.