Beauty is a unique perception for every individual. What is beautiful to one person can be completely hideous to another. So beauty is all a matter of taste, and each person determines his own idea of beauty in culture. However, certain ideas of beauty have been formed. There are set forms of aesthetics in our culture, such as thinness, hair color, facial symmetry, and other traits that society deems “beautiful.” But still, people’s ideas of beauty vary. I believe that we are determined biologically attracted to beautiful things, but each person’s hormones, endorphins, neurons, and stimuli are all different, so therefore although we biologically attracted to certain things, the attraction is different for everyone.
As we have discussed in class beauty is defined in many different ways. In art, aesthetics are definitely important for the initial attraction to an object, and sometimes it is is necessary for the art to have any appeal at all. But in other circumstances, if the art can speak for itself, and its meaning and intent are clear, then beauty is not always needed to make a point.
