Beauty Slide 2 Intro Activity What is Beauty? Can you draw
Beauty? Can you describe something beautiful by hearing it? Slide 3
Beauty the qualities that give pleasure to the senses.
characteristic of a person, place, object or idea that provides a
perceptual experience of pleasure, meaning or satisfaction. Slide 4
Definition one: Aesthetics 1. a particular taste for or approach to
what is pleasing to the senses-- especially sight. Slide 5
Aesthetics in this definition is something that appeals to the
senses. Someones aesthetic has to do with his or her perceptual or
artistic judgment. It comes from the root word: Aesthesia: the
ability to feel or perceive; being awake and able to feel senses.
The opposite is: Anesthesia: the inability to feel or perceive; to
be asleep or non-feeling. Slide 6 We make informal aesthetic
choices every day. From what we wear... Slide 7 to the things we
buy: books, music, and objects for our homes. Slide 8 Public
figures make aesthetic choices to convey something about who they
are. Andy Warhol wore various silver wigs throughout the 60s, 70s,
and 80s to change his personal appearance--to create a signature
look. Who does this in todays popular culture? Andy Warhol,
Self-Portrait (Fright Wig), 1986, Polaroid Polacolor ER, 4 1/4 x 3
3/8 in. (10.8 x 8.6 cm.). AWF Slide 9 The aesthetic choices we make
influence many parts of our lives. We all have a personal aesthetic
(preferences and tastes based on what we see). Slide 10 The perfect
prom dress? Slide 11 Beautiful? Wassily Kandinsky, Composition IV,
1911 Achieves both emotional and intellectual impact through
colours and symbols Slide 12 Art? Graffiti art Heavy Contact Slide
13 Slide 14 Classic conception of beauty Beauty is in the Phi of
the beholder Beauty governed by mathematical principals of
proportion, ratio and symmetry Whats your number? 1.1618 Slide 15
This ancient Greek sculpture was designed with the Golden Ratio
throughout. The following calculations each equal close to
1.61803399. consequently the face is pleasing to the eye. Measured
in mm. Top of the head to the chin width of the head Top of the
head to pupil pupil to lips nose tip to chin lips to chin nose tip
to chin pupil to nose tip width of nose nose tip to lips outside
distance between eyes hairline to pupil length of lips nose tips to
lips of the head to the chin width of the head Top of the head to
pupil pupil to lips nose tip to chin lips to chin nose tip to chin
pupil to nose tip width of nose nose tip to lips outside distance
between eyes hairline to pupil length of lips nose tips to lips
Slide 16 For those of you who are curious
http://facethis.blogspot.ca/2012/01/perfect-
face-golden-ratio-beauty.html Slide 17 The perfect man?
Michelangelo, David Slide 18 The perfect man? Does David Beckham
embody these proportions? Slide 19 Revisited Ron Jeremy Pornography
icon Slide 20 The perfect Woman? Venus of Willendorf 20000 BCE
Natural History Museum, Vienna Slide 21 Updated Slide 22 The
perfect Woman? Slide 23 How do we define beauty today? The Media
Model Woman Louise P. Young Al-che-my Consulting and Design is 14
to 23 years young wears a size 6 to 8 garment weighs in at 110
pounds stands 59 to 6 tall wears a small petite shirt (cropped over
a minute and flawless belly button) with a 34 length sleeve Slide
24 How do we define beauty today? The Media Model Woman Louise P.
Young Al-che-my Consulting and Design wears a size large glove and
size 5 ring wear NO bra (doesnt need one) wears size 10 triple A
shoe measurements are 40, 30, 30, 30 (40 required for shoulders)
has long flowing (blowing gracefully in a perpetual breeze) glossy
hair Note: The perfect woman does not exist except in your head and
heart. Slide 25 What else influences our definition of beauty?
MONEY! Historically ideals of wealth have been associated with
beauty Eg. The 19th Century look was to be pale - tanning was
indicative of outdoor labour During the 1920s wealthy people
started taking vacations to sunny destinations - the tanned look
was born Slide 26 Wealth and beauty Larger, well-fed body types
were also once the ideal What is the ideal now? Slide 27 Slide 28
What does this mean? 75% of women endorse unhealthy feelings or
behaviours towards food and their bodies of 9-10 year olds are
dieting 40% of newly identified cases of anorexia are found in
girls 15-19 Anorexia most lethal psychiatric disorder Slide 29 How
has the diet industry benefited? The diet industry is a 315 billion
dollar industry (3% of overall US economy 95% of all dieters will
regain their lost weight within 1-5 years. Slide 30 Video - The
most beautiful woman in the world
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPCkfAR H2eE Slide 31 Philosophical
responses to beauty Subjective vs Objective How do we define it? Is
it culturally relevant or relative? Slide 32 Quotes Everything has
beauty, but not everyone sees it.beauty Confucius We live only to
discover beauty. All else is a form of waiting. Kahlil Gibran Slide
33 Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be
exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in
an unlimited variety of ways. Yet it is never viewed with
indifference: beauty demands to be noticed; it speaks to us
directly like the voice of an intimate friend. If there are people
who are indifferent to beauty, then it is surely because they do
not perceive it. - Roger Scruton, Beauty Slide 34 Aristotle and
Plato Finally they agree on something!!! Beauty is not localized in
the eye of the beholder. Beauty is reliably achieved using
objective proportions. Phi-losophy baby! Slide 35 Subjective
approaching objectivity Hume Of Standards of Taste Kant Critique of
judgement Both saw beauty and art as an antimony of taste Qualities
of subjectivity and objectivity Judgement on aesthetics remains
subjective but is laiden with demand that everyone should reach the
same judgement Slide 36 Beauty in the 21 st century Sartwell claims
that beauty is not attributed entirely to the subject or object but
to the relation between them When we look at the beauty of a
flower, night sky, ocean we are turned outward towards beauty. Not
purely subjective. Beauty emerges in situations where subject and
object are both juxtaposed and connected Slide 37 Beauty in the 21
st century Nehemas argues that beauty invites us to explore and
interpret Beauty has a social dimension It is something we share or
want to share with others Connects observers to works of art and
literature in communities of appreciation Slide 38 A beautiful
life? Our Town Reading Afterlife (1998) Slide 39 Cinqueterre, Italy
Slide 40 Life at 25 Slide 41 Slide 42 Who has the last word?
