Beauty
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Beauty is a property of certain things. Something is beautiful if it is nice to look at it, hear it, feel it, taste it, smell it or think about it. The opposite of beautiful is ugly.
There are many ideas about what beauty is. Some people say that beauty is:
- The similarity between an object of art and something in the real world (representation), for example a beautiful picture might be one that looked very life like.
- The similarity between any object and what I think it 'should' look like, for example a beautiful tree might be one with a straight brown trunk and lots of green leaves, or beautiful clouds might be those that are white and fluffy (like wool.
- The way an object makes us feel, happy, sad, angry or something else (emotional), for example a beautiful peace of music might be one which made people feel very happy or very sad.
- The skill that it takes to make something, or its quality, for example a beautiful story might be very well written or involve a lot of skill with language.
- The effort that went into making an object, for example mountains might be thought beautiful because they took a very long time to rise, or the sculpture at Mount Rushmore might be beautiful because it was so hard to sculpt.
There are many other theories, and some things that people say are beautiful do not fit in to any of these ideas, for example sunsets.
