Greek and Roman Art History; Professor Robert Diamond
Second Summary; Subjective vs Objective Beauty
brief factual summary of the subject
Beauty is one of the most fascinating and complicated topics as I have found in the world. Yet most of them I find, just like probably other people beside myself, throwing the term around as a please or never wonder too deep in its real meaning. Though this might be an underestatement according to how the current society functions and its expectations. Is beauty subjective or objective? I would admit that I find myself in much agreement with the former, just because at least one defines my own experience. Subjective just means, that the definition of beauty depends on the …show more content…
Then here is the argument of Beauty again in which case both sides have a stronger pull than ever before. Is beauty objective or Subjective? Male forms, still very significant and way more detailed than the other subjects seemly look too perfect. It is a logical expectation that, if civilizations were then in any way closer to realisitic, then humans could not have look any perfect than they look now if not with worst case of escenario considering the lack current technology and medicine. Mortality was probably even less so then, so there were even fewer people who could represent the perfection of beauty. Likely this was a clue as to how clearly define the topic was if what humans were concern was with health and physical condictions. Still that is, if beauty was an Object well and naturally accepted as such by all sentient beings. But then again, there was religion and we all agree that if one person is religious, the most beautiful entity is their god or gods. Beauty could in its most basic ways, be defined as an experience; one most experience several things to then define something as beautiful. Maybe the idea of athlete men being beautiful could all be related to the experience of strength, victory, dexterity and power, while woman could at their healthiest be appreciate as the best mothers when medicine was fairly lacking or maybe carriers from 'beautiful '