I am wiritng an essay on Beauty and what we think is beauty and does the media plays a role in what we think is beauty. So if you will just le me know what you think. Cuz Im going to pick one for my essay.
2007-07-16 04:19:38 · 20 answers · asked by lil_frosty93654 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
The media plays a huge role...they sculpt us into the thinkin that beauty is perfection..and if we arent perfect we arent beautiful. A guy a love..he is prob. not veryyyy attractive in many ppl's eyes..but I think he is beautiful..thats all i see. Beauty is an oppinion.
2007-07-16 04:23:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Beauty is like a work of art - a matter of opinion, taste and culture. In this day of mass media, yes, it plays a part in establishing the definition "beautiful".
These questions were familiar to the Greek philosophers 2,500 years ago, when the face of Helen launched a thousand ships.
2007-07-16 11:28:44 · answer #2 · answered by slave2art 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
an individual paradigm...unique to each person...partly due to culture, upbringing, personal experience, all of these things can effect beauty...someone else's sense of beauty isn't right or wrong...just different.
You can include the "Forms" which was Greek philosophy's way of describing beauty, the ultimate perfect yet abstract "Form" existed for everything but was unattainable for man...so we are forever emulating our closest perception of the "Form"...
The media plays a big role depending on how each individual rates the importance of media in their lives.
Stay away from broad generalizations and you'll do great...the obvious answer is that "the media is bad and tells us this unattainable perfection that doesn't exist is beauty and makes short boys feel bad that they are not tall and strong, fat girls feel bad that they are not thin, etc..." you can go this route too...but it's kind of boring and expected, so I'd advise the first option.
good luck
*cheers*
2007-07-16 11:27:20 · answer #3 · answered by Osmei 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Beauty is commonly defined as a characteristic present in a person, place, object or idea that provides a perceptual experience of pleasure, meaning or satisfaction to the mind or to the eyes, arising from sensory manifestations such as a shape, color, personality, sound, design or rhythm.
2007-07-16 11:23:01 · answer #4 · answered by Master Answers 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beauty is a physical appearance or personality that takes a lot of effort to achieve and to maintain. Thus making you feel the most special and unique to both yourself, and from the point of view of other people.
2007-07-16 12:52:14 · answer #5 · answered by driving_blindly 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Beauty is the phenomenon of the experience of pleasure, through the perception of balance and proportion of stimulus. It involves the cognition of a balanced form and structure that elicits attraction and appeal towards a person, animal, inanimate object, scene, music, idea, etc.
2007-07-16 11:24:45 · answer #6 · answered by ♪Melody♫ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is symmetry to beauty. There is a cultural aspect to beauty too. Of course we have to flavor it with personal taste. Sometimes I see someone that others find really attractive and they look similar to someone else I know and I can’t find them attractive any more. Can tell good bone development, and other practical things too.
2007-07-16 11:32:01 · answer #7 · answered by grey_worms 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beauty is the opposite of Ugliness
2007-07-16 11:22:06 · answer #8 · answered by lilykdesign 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Beauty is what you think it is. Not what the world thinks it is. True beauty is everyone. Everyone just has to appreciate and find the positive sides of their beauties. Everyone has it. They just haven't found it yet.
2007-07-16 11:28:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
2007-07-16 11:21:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋