The concept examines subjective perceptions of aesthetics through comparative evaluation. This assessment involves contrasting visual stimuli, often images or videos, to determine where they fall on a spectrum between visually appealing and unappealing, based on individual or collective preferences.
Such evaluations serve purposes ranging from personal amusement to data collection for algorithmic training in areas like marketing and design. Historically, philosophical debates have centered on defining objective beauty, but contemporary usage of comparative aesthetic judgments tends toward recognizing the culturally and personally constructed nature of beauty standards.
