(July 26, 2015 at 10:52 am)Parkers Tan Wrote: I generally agree with this myself, and was again simply soliciting your opinion; although I think beauty is not the raison d'etre of art as much as conveying the artist's vision is the task of the artwork. That obviously isn't always beauty, at least in the colloquial sense of the word. Is there a philosophic sense I'm unaware of?There undoubtedly has been much philosophical speculation, going back to Plato and probably Socrates, over how exactly one is to define and measure beauty... along with the Good... And the True! But I can't say it's an area of inquiry I'm too familiar with, or have spent much time in consideration. I'm sure a great deal of light will be shed when I get around to the Rennasance and Enlightenment thinkers though.
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