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This review outlines different points of view in different historical periods, to the object of observation, which is generally a work of art - verbal, visual, architectural, musical, dance. Nowadays, the philosophical thought defines beauty as a characteristic that remains in the individual's and in the public consciousness as an aesthetic value. The "Beautiful" is an undefined quality that defines an object discussed in our minds as beautiful, because it brings a sense of pleasure when being observed. The beauty that remains as a perception in the minds of the audience could not be clearly explained. It is perceived via the power of the indeterminate intuition or through the taste of the perceiver of creation. However the search, exploration and worship of beauty began in the Antiquity. It shows, even in the very early years of the European civilization, what is beautiful, how to elicit beauty as an aesthetic goal and how to recreate it into works of art and into the life of the civilized society, so that it would be different from that of the society of barbarian tribes. The ancient man discovers his freedom through beauty, based on the model of the Olympic Pantheon. The Middle Ages discover the beauty in God and in the manifestations of His will, which wishes to establish a new order in the life of the European man - an order which, via the postulates of Christianity, is defined as the only beautiful. The Renaissance, as the true "youth" age of European civilization, inspires the man to realize their personality in particular as a separate creation, which, gives them the freedom to conduct their life and this way, radiates their own beauty. The Baroque stunningly spreads beauty with the power of the affective expression of human sensuality through the skills of the artist in all different arts, which are interrelated by means of the positive sensuality of the creators. The Enlightenment and Classicism search for the shape and the meaning within which not only do they place beauty but also explain its sense in the processes of creation and perception of the works of art. The Romanticism, which is said to be the "Maturity" of the European man, causes the creator to look deeply into his intimate experiences, to seek and transform the beauty of nature, to find harmony and union with it, and thus to draw and comprehend his inner spiritual and emotional beauty. Nowadays, remaining somehow lonely individuals left in the frivolous field of modern, cool and fraught with exhausting contrasts, carry the weight of the knowledge we call "science" and the sensual expression we call "art", we see artists free to search for and express themselves and the beauty. Each author transforms beauty the way he understands it and thus he wants it to be seen. Because of this it would not be so easy today to state clearly what is beautiful and what is not. The most essential thing for the artists and for the public in today's art world is that "classical" and "classic" are definitely synonymous with "example", "model" in the consciousness, in the aesthetics of the modern civilized and educated man. They are also synonymous with "beauty." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
