David Hume argues that an artwork is valuable if it

A) inspires a particular aesthetic emotion.
B) exhibits closure. ​
C) inspires catharsis.
D) is inspired by the transcendent form of beauty.

Aesthetic Emotion

Emotional responses or feelings elicited by experiencing beauty or what is perceived as artistic in the visual arts, music, literature, and nature.

Artwork

Creations crafted by artists, which may include paintings, sculptures, literature, music, and other expressions of human creative skill and imagination.

David Hume

An 18th-century Scottish philosopher known for his empirical approach to philosophical skepticism and naturalism.