Beauty universal theme

Beauty is anything that creates harmony of form, color, craftsmanship, truthfulness, originality or delight. All that is visually or inherently pleasing.  

Beauty big ideas

• Beauty exists in every person, thing, place and situation.
• The things we value hold our attention and the more attention we give anything the more we appreciate it.
• Don’t be afraid to see and appreciate value and beauty where others do not.
• Elegance is editing out anything unnecessary so the true nature can shine.
• Look at the thing itself to determine its real value instead of comparing it to something else.

Key concepts

• An aesthetic is a particular study of and cultivation of the visually beautiful in the world. Sensitivity to art and beauty.
• Charm is the quality that attracts or delights; to please and enchant.
• Craftsmanship is working in a skilled trade or art, paying special attention to the details of that skill.
• Elegance suggests dignified richness and grace, a polished and refined presentation.
• Grace is an attractive, well-balanced quality that is pleasing to others.
• A horror is something frightful and shocking, creating a sense of strong dislike.
• A prototype is the first thing of its kind, it serves as a model for copies that come later.
• Refinement purifies something so it is more subtle and precise, a pure form of a style or essence.
• Symmetry suggests balanced composition with a similarity of form on either side of a dividing line or plane.
• Time is the indefinite, unlimited duration of things that are considered to have occurred in the past, present or future.

Archetypes

animals: hedgehog

birds: nightingale, swan

flowers: buttercup, calla lily

foods: plum

mythical: goddess, Father Time, Sirens

roles: butch, femme, gardener, model

settings: Shangri-la

Beauty in contemporary culture

• body positive movement
• fashion week

These are only a few. Can you think of any other examples? Let me know in the comments.

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