aestheticism

/ɛsˈθɛdəˌsɪzəm/

noun

The approach to art exemplified by (but not restricted to) the Aesthetic Movement.

Balthus’s paintings aim at a classical order and refined estheticism, yet within this timelessness lurk subliminal tensions.

discernment,judgement,perception,perceptiveness,perspicacity,acumen,astuteness,shrewdness,judiciousness,insight,subtlety