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The document discusses the differences between objective and subjective accounts of beauty and artistic beauty. Objectively, beautiful qualities are thought to be present in the things themselves. Subjectively, beauty exists in the mind of the individual perceiver. The document presents different lenses of aesthetics like formalism, expressionism, and pragmatism. It provides examples of how perceptions of beauty have changed from religion to capitalism and are influenced by socio-cultural and psychological factors.

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