“In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty."
Phil Ochs, protest songwriter and singerToday, beauty is an industry and its mouthpiece magazines put to despairing so many youth, especially women.
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Art is NOT about glamour!
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| Right: Lucian Freud painted a pregnant Kate Moss. |
Is beauty subjective or can it be objective?
Since ancient Greece, there was established a connection between musical and visual harmony (geometry). This connection was re-explored during the 15th century Renaissance when the scientific method was taking shape. This is called "Aesthetics", a discipline rejected by nietzschean philosophy and postmodernism. For them, beauty is only subjective and therefore ugliness does not exist anymore for them (however they still harshly critize those who show some "beauty" in their artwork!) Thi argument falls short when one is considering, say, cooking as a form of art. Sure, anyone wouldf agree that shit smells and tastes as shit and doesn't taste "good"! This is an objective fact, not a mere opinion on the relativity of our taste.When ancient Greeks saw the connection between musical and visual harmonies, this became a proof there is something universal (and objective)!
Note: in music, a string divided by 3/5th generates the major sixth. For example, the interval from C to A is a major sixth.
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