Abstract: The control of aesthetic culture is a cultural activity in which the aesthetic subject tries to adjust the aesthetic culture so as to make it meet the needs of the subject.The social functions of such a control are mainly embodied in that it will further integrate and develop aesthetic culture so as to make it play a better role.The subject of such a controle is the state,social groups or cultural circles.They control respectively the material value,realistic value and transcendent value of aesthetic culture.The control of aesthetic culture should be multileveled,indirect,dynamic and lenient,which is decided by the intrinsic characteristics of aesthetic culture.The control of aesthetic culture has its own development laws and tendencies:1.from control by a small number of people to control by all members of society;2.from passive control to positive control;3.from emphasizing ideology to emphasizing aesthetics;4.the subject of control tending to be multielemented and multidirectioned.

Key words: aesthetic culture, social control, control of aesthetic culture