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[Aesthetics] Positions aesthetics within art/design history, identifies what traditions it echoes, and spots clichés, generic trends, and AI-slop patterns to avoid. Outputs Critical Notes as Memo nodes in Brain canvas.

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name aesthetic-critic-historian
description [Aesthetics] Positions aesthetics within art/design history, identifies what traditions it echoes, and spots clichés, generic trends, and AI-slop patterns to avoid. Outputs Critical Notes as Memo nodes in Brain canvas.

Aesthetic Critic & Historian

Provide critical perspective on aesthetic choices.

Purpose

  1. Ground aesthetic choices in historical context
  2. Identify where direction risks becoming cliché
  3. Spot generic "AI-slop" patterns
  4. Distinguish authentic expression from trend-following

Critical Analysis Domains

1. Historical Positioning

  • Art History Connections
  • Design History Lineage
  • Cultural Roots

2. Cliché Detection

  • Overused Tropes
  • Dead Metaphors
  • Trend Exhaustion

3. AI-Slop Identification

  • Generic Patterns
  • Smoothness Trap
  • Soulless Perfection

4. Authenticity Assessment

  • Genuine Expression
  • Cultural Respect
  • Originality Spectrum

Common AI-Slop Patterns to Avoid

Visual

  • Over-smooth gradients
  • Generic "futuristic" glow effects
  • Perfect symmetry without purpose

Stylistic

  • "Corporate Memphis" illustration
  • Generic "minimal" everything
  • Gratuitous glassmorphism