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DEFINING BEAUTY IN ART: FIVE PROVISI AND SIX CRITERIA SINE QUA NON
DEFINING BEAUTY IN ART: FIVE PROVISI AND SIX CRITERIA SINE QUA NON

Author(s): Alexandra Fol
Subject(s): Philosophy, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Aesthetics, Sociology of Art, History of Art
Published by: Институт за балканистика с Център по тракология - Българска академия на науките
Keywords: Beauty in an artwork; conditions for beauty; definition of beauty; ontology of beauty; philosophy of beauty; aesthetics;

Summary/Abstract: The author proposes and defends the following five provisi that help define beauty in art: 1) Beauty is not essential for an artwork to be an artwork; 2) Beauty and aesthetics are not identical notions; 3) Taste does not define beauty; 4) Morality is immaterial to beauty; 5) The ontology of an artwork is distinct from a person’s emotional response to it. Fol follows her preamble by defining and defending six criteria that, when taken as an ensemble, establish a standard for beauty in an artwork on a sliding scale: 1) Containing at least five art properties and five craft properties from a provided list; 2) Directed intentionality vs. randomness of action(s); 3) Engaged experience that exceeds mere satisfaction of experience; 4) Recognizable, not necessarily definable patterns of manufacture: aka, style; 5) Potential for symbolic interpretation vs nothing but face value; 6) Nested levels of intent.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 65-79
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: English
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