The phrase "aesthetic premise" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the underlying artistic or visual principles that inform a work of art, design, or literature.
Example: "The film's aesthetic premise revolves around the juxtaposition of light and shadow to convey emotional depth."
Alternatives: "artistic foundation" or "visual concept".
"African-American dancing has aesthetic premises from which it operates, portraying tragedy, oppression, injustice, but finding there is the 'We shall overcome' affirmation," said Dr. Myers.
I dislike the aesthetic or moral premise of The Act of Killing.
By contrast, the destabilized sculptural presence of the works, particularly when encountered in the context of a large collection of them, augments the history museum, cabinet of curiosity, scientific inquiry aspects of her aesthetic and narrative premise, making clever, salient use of bell jars, wooden plaques, and black velvet grounds.
Michael Ahearn is an English teacher -- as Stone has been -- and expresses his personal disdain for literary vitalism, for programs of heroic excess and transgression as aesthetic or moral premises for serious literature.
Overall, the results provide direct evidence in support of the premise that aesthetic impressions of web pages are formed quickly.
The subject of the documentary is, to begin with, the preëxisting or even material reality of what's filmed; if it's a genre at all, it exists by way of an aesthetic or even philosophical premise.
At Shelly Steffee's new store at 34 Gansevoort Street, where everything is designed and made on the premises, the aesthetic is softly minimalist.
Aesthetic education is certainly an important premise in creating a mature personality.
He flirted with opera, but, despite some success, he felt that his work became too "timid" and was an "aesthetic mistake". He told me, "My premises were wrong.
But the decidedly modern visual aesthetic Mazzara brings to Damien clashes with its premise.
