Has Beauty Become Obsolete in Art?

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This paper looks at how the concept of art and beauty have changed over the years. The writer gives several definitions of beauty in order to give the reader a good understand of the different perceptions of beauty before relating these definitions to the art world.

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"Secondly, the characters in the artwork must be proportionally accurate, and lastly, the work must be insightful. When these factors co-exist in the one artwork, beauty is conveyed. When beauty is conveyed and recognized by the viewer, it communicates "a certain peace and calm to the viewer, since that is the effect that the beautiful and the good have on a person." (Bradley, 2000, 1). Beauty can also be integral to the artpiece if a distinction of good and evil must exist in the artwork. Whereas the bearer of beauty denotes purity, loveliness and divinity, ugly and deformed images tend to be associated with evil, malevolence and immorality. (Bradley, 2000, 1)."

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