What is aesthetic value?
At the drop of a hat? I would use an analogue of Lon Fuller’s theories on the internal morality of law in his Morality of Law.
(1) rules of value that can be generally applicable,
(2) they are widely available,
(3) they apply to the past as much as to the future,
(4) they are understandable in how they function,
(5) they can have contradictions in emotions and lay out or function,
(6) they do not require rules beyond the viewing party,
(7) they are not frequently changed for reasons of making a political statement,
(8) there is congruence between creation and use.
© Charles Edward Andrew Lincoln IV
© Charles Edward Andrew Lincoln IV