Philosophy of Beauty: Art Appreciation

LECTURE 3: Philosophy of the Beautiful: On Art Appreciation  Beauty is within ones's perspective; it is perfection in terms of symmetry and balance; when something is pleasurable and exudes happiness... (Ang, 2018, p. 5) Beauty is being confident with a heart... (Wurt...

LECTURE 3: Philosophy of the Beautiful: On Art Appreciation  Beauty is within ones's perspective; it is perfection in terms of symmetry and balance; when something is pleasurable and exudes happiness... (Ang, 2018, p. 5) Beauty is being confident with a heart... (Wurtzbach, 2015) Plato equated beauty with the sublime identity with good while Aristotle considered beauty as symmetry, proportion and an organic order of parts into a unified whole. (Ferraro, 008, p. 20)  Indeed man/woman aspires for perfection he/she has a natural tendency to contemplate and enjoy perfect and beautiful things. (Zulueta, 2006, p.4 Zulueta (2006, p.4) insists that "beautiful things are things in order, things with precision, purpose and proportion; likewise, there are no mistakes in beautiful things-everything is appropriate, interesting, relevant and perfect." Philosophical Concepts  Man/Woman/LGBT Philosophical view of beauty concepts 1. Pragmatism - (also called 1. A thing or idea is beautiful if it practicality) is a contemporary will satisfy his/her practical doctrine that denotes the needs in life. tendency of man/woman to His/her way of testing the truth is subordinate his/her logical through actual experience. thinking to ends of practical living.  Philosophical concepts 1. Pragmatism - (also called practicality) is a contemporary doctrine that denotes the tendency of man/woman to subordinate his/her logical thinking to ends of practical living.  Philosophical Man/Woman/LGBT concepts view of beauty 2. Existentialism is a term 2. As a doctrine, it stresses the based on concept that an man's concrete existence, his/her individual is entirely free or personal freedom and his/her independent to make decisions consequent responsibilities for and accepts commitment of free what he does for his/her life to responsibility for his decisions have meaning is beautiful and actions in this uncertain world.  Philosophical Man/Woman/LGBT concepts view of beauty 3.Realism 1. This theory suggests that 1. It is a theory that general idea, things exist, occur, happen the universal, have existence beyond man's control, but their independent of the individual existence, occurence or (man/woman/ LGBT) and the happenings has a certain individual's mind. meaning purpose, independent of man's thinking or interpretation. Problem s Happ y Fullfilmen t Pai n  Philosophical Man/Woman/LGBT concepts view of beauty 2. It is a theory that external 2.This meaningful basic purpose objects have an existence of existence, occurence or independent or any thought happening which is beyond about them. control, is always good and therefore beautiful.  Philosophical Man/Woman/LGBT concepts view of beauty 4. Idealism (idea, ideal, 3. This concept stresses that man idealism) is a concept about as a perfect being can reach standard of perfection; therefore perfection only if man will strive it's assumes that there is that to always do or give his best in ideal of what is ideal, and the everything he does. ideal is the model of perfection, there is pre-concieve; the idea 4. This concept emphasizes that ser ves as a standard of a thing or idea will become measures of what is beautiful. beautiful only if it is the result of man's best eff orts. If man gives his best eff orts in everything he does, time will come that he will reach perfection.  Philosophical Man/Woman/LGBT concepts view of beauty 5.Naturalism It asserts that a thing or idea Refers to a temper of mind, a becomes good/ beautiful only if its confi dence on the emperical or truth is established by actual scientifi c method as the only experience as indeed good, and reliable source or method of which conforms to the natural reaching the truth. laws of nature of the arts. VARIOUS TYPES OF BEAUTY  1. IDEAL BEAUTY A type of beauty that one finds from objects, scenes or persons, which conforms or approximates to man's idea of how beauty should be. 2. REAL A BEAUTY type of beauty that conforms to man's general expectation or belief of what an object, thing or quality should be as what is acclaimed in man's own society, personal culture.  3. NATURAL A typeBEAUTY of beauty as found in nature in its original form or state. 4. ARTIFICIAL BEAUTY 5. DECORATIVE This typeBEAUTY of beauty is It makes some realized from the changes in nature a actual physical or what has been material presence of a endorsed to nature. physical object.  6. SPIRITUAL BEAUTY The type of beauty that is discerned from works of act with subjects that are about or related to religion or spirituality found in noble and virtuous life and deeds. 7. Intellectual beauty It is the meaningful impression or ideas beyond the surface. Appreciating Beauty through Arts Appreciating a work of art is the act of estimating or evaluating art pieces and performance of people; this is done by becoming aware of their aesthetic qualities or values of pieces of act or of the performance of people. Appreciating Beauty through Arts Further, appreciation may have a high regard in the importance of the object or its gives emphasis on its specialness; it may suggest an affectionate regard mixed with pride of possession or affiliation; Thus, art appreciation starts from observation to synthesis to conclusion. Lastly, art appreciation is concerned with "beauty," the admiration of art or performance of man/woman/LGBT because of its beauty. THANK YOU