ESTHETICS IN MEDIA
ESTHETICS IN MEDIA

Author(s): Maja Lonhardt
Subject(s): Media studies, Aesthetics, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Helsinški odbor za ljudska prava u Srbiji
Keywords: Maja Lonhardt; aesthetics; media; cultural anthropology; universal value and eternal beauty;
Summary/Abstract: What is beauty? It is very difficult to give an universal answer to that question. Definition of that notion changed or varied throughout epochs. That notion was an eternal inspiration for poets. Many philosophers also dealt with the esthetics-related issues. One of best known English philosophers, David Hume, dedicated an essay to beauty: “Beauty is not a inherent feature of things; it exists only in spirit which observes it, and every spirit has a different perception of beauty” (David Hume, “On Criteria of Taste”, 1757). So, one subject can repel some people, and attract others, not because of its characteristics, but because of feelings of our spirit in its capacity of critic. Therefore according to Hume beauty lies in taste or feelings of reader and observer. Our personal taste shall be the only argument for determining something, that is, making us say that something is beautiful or ugly.

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