DARK ACADEMIA 🫧
A popular (and the original) academia aesthetic that revolves around classic literature, the pursuit of self-discovery, and a general passion for knowledge and learning. Because this is an internet aesthetic, it largely entails sharing photographs, making outfits, and participating in certain hobbies through social media.
DARKEST ACADEMIA 🫧
Also known as Gotic Academia and Goth Academia, is an academic aesthetic that incorporates gotic studies, literature, poetry, arts, architecture, music and General Gothic related topics. It related to finding beauty within the darkest places.
LIGHT ACADEMIA 🫧
An academic aesthetic and the visually lighter counterpart of Dark Academia's themes are generally positive, focusing on optimism, sensitivity, joy, gratitude, friendship, motivation, and happy endings.
CAOTIC ACADEMIA 🫧
An aesthetic that involves haphazard routines, messy habits, unusual or banned literature, and studying with a passion. This subtype of Academia promotes the acceptance of messy or seemingly uncomposed traits some students may have, though it also used in media to indicate that a character, though academically gifted, has some hint of chaos to them, such as insomnia, an obsession, depression, ect.
ROMANTIC ACADEMIA 🫧
An academic aesthetic specializing in love, romance literature, and the Romantic era. Romantic Academia is visually and philosophically similiar to Light Academia. However, Romantic Academia includes more visuals associated with romantic love and lust, which are not the primary focus of light academia.
