►Philosophy / Art:
“Evolution of the Concept of Beauty and Examples in Greek Sculpture”:
“The Diskobolus of Myron”. Nude male discus-thrower. Classical Period. Roman copy of 450 B.C bronze original. British Museum-
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Plato considered beauty to be the Idea (Form) above all other Ideas.
Plato’s account in the “Symposium” connect beauty to a response of love and desire, but locate beauty itself in the realm of the Forms, and the beauty of particular objects in their participation in the Form.
In this platonic dialogue, beauty is at least as objective as any other concept, or indeed takes on a certain ontological priority as more real than particular Forms: it is a sort of Form of Forms.
Plato maintained that in addition to being able to identify a beautiful person or a beautiful painting, we also have a general conception of Beauty itself.
In other words, the beautiful…
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Muchas gracias por compartir, querida Teresa… Espero que tengas un genial fin de semana.
Un abrazo grande, Aquileana 😀
Gracias a ti, ya sabes que siempre espero tu blog, me gusta mucho! Saludos