Random Thoughts on Beauty
Aug. 15th, 2005 09:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphiloThe Greeks fixed our standards of what is beautiful. There is a certain blandness about the Greek ideal. Everything is standardised.
In recent times the Greek ideals have appealed mainly to totalitarian regimes.
The Romans were the first people to practice portraiture. When I pass from the Greek to the Roman galleries and see all those quirky and ugly faces I feel like I am coming home.
Beauty is in denial.
"Beauty is truth", but the truth is ugly, so ugliness is beauty.
In recent times the Greek ideals have appealed mainly to totalitarian regimes.
The Romans were the first people to practice portraiture. When I pass from the Greek to the Roman galleries and see all those quirky and ugly faces I feel like I am coming home.
Beauty is in denial.
"Beauty is truth", but the truth is ugly, so ugliness is beauty.
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Date: 2005-08-15 12:21 pm (UTC)