Representation in Art (I)
Representation in Art (I)

Summary/Abstract: Beauty is the central concept of the branch of knowledge known as Aesthetics. Beauty is not a simple concept but can be, and usually is, compound. Two aspects play relevant roles within the concept of beauty: an arrangement of all inner constituents on one side, and entities which are referred to by the constituents on the other. The constituents of beauty stand, in fact, for a referential relationship that is commonly called representation. Representation is a concept of the theory of signs. A sign consists of two entities: a representing one (that of what represents something) and a represented one (what is represented by representing). It is quite common to understand works of art as signs sui genesis, the meaning of which is detectable through the process of decoding.

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