What is beauty?
Beauty is defined the quality or aggregate of qualities in a
person or thing that gives pleasure to the senses or pleasurably exalts the
mind or spirit.
Such objects include landscapes, sunsets, humans and works
of art. Beauty, together with art and taste, is the main subject of aesthetics,
one of the major branches of philosophy
One difficulty for understanding beauty is due to the fact
that it has both objective and subjective aspects: it is seen as a property of
things but also as depending on the emotional response of observers.
Because of its subjective side, beauty is said to be
"in the eye of the beholder". It has been argued that the ability on
the side of the subject needed to perceive and judge beauty, sometimes referred
to as the "sense of taste", can be trained and that the verdicts of
experts coincide in the long run. This would suggest that the standards of
validity of judgments of beauty are intersubjective, i.e. dependent on a group
of judges, rather than fully subjective or fully objective.
Conceptions of beauty aim to capture what is essential to
all beautiful things. Classical conceptions define beauty in terms of the
relation between the beautiful object as a whole and its parts: the parts
should stand in the right proportion to each other and thus compose an
integrated harmonious whole.
Hedonist conceptions
include the relation to pleasure in the definition of beauty by holding that
there is a necessary connection between pleasure and beauty. that for an object to be beautiful is for it
to cause disinterested pleasure. Other conceptions include defining beautiful
objects in terms of their value, of a loving attitude towards them or of their
function.
A quality or feature that is most effective, gratifying, or
telling.
A quality or combination of qualities that gives pleasure to
the mind or senses and is often associated with properties such as harmony of
form or color, proportion, authenticity, and originality.
We have dedicated much worship the concepts of beauty.
Hathor
One of the most ancient goddesses of Egypt, Hathor stands
for beauty, love sexuality, and dance. As a goddess of love and beauty, she is
the archetype of the goddess of beauty.
Aphrodite, the Greek goddess associated with love, passion
and procreation, symbolizes the classical representation of beauty.
Lakshi She who leads ones goals if the Hindu goddess of
wealth fortune, love beauty, joy and prosperity
Oshun the Yoruba Orshia represented love, beauty wealth and
prosperity.
The Euro- pean beauty standard is the notion that the more
closely associated a person is with European features, the more attractive he
or she is considered; these standards deem attributes that are most closely
related to whiteness, such as lighter skin, straight hair, thinner lips and
slimmer, less pronounced hips and rear ends.
It is said than an Asian or Chinese “epitome of beauty”
should have fair skin, a slim face, large eyes and a “tall,” narrow nose. —
The phrase “black is beautiful” referred to a broad embrace
of black culture and identity.
In its philosophy, “Black is beautiful” focused also on
emotional and psychological well-being. The movement affirmed natural
hairstyles like the “Afro” and the variety of skin colors, hair textures, and
physical characteristics found in the African American community.
The idea and concepts of beauty transcend the physical
expressions of geometry and precise and delve into ideas of self-image, tribalism,
and racist constructs. It is influenced by media representation, social taboos,
and colonial aspirations.
