Comparison of Natural Beauty and Artistic Beauty in the Philosophy of Aquinas

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1 Department of Art Research, Faculty of Art, Ferdows Higher Education Institute, Mashhad, Iran

2 Department of Art Research, Faculty of Arts, Ferdows Institute of Higher Education, Mashhad, Iran

Abstract

The main goal of this research is to explain the relationship between artistic and natural beauty from Aquinas' point of view. This study is fundamental type and its nature is explanatory-analytical. Information is collected using the library method and qualitative analysis. This research shows that in both types, we are facing tangible beauty. Both beauties are imperfect and a reflection of the perfect beauty of God. Natural beauty is without human intervention and artistic beauty is without human intervention. God is the cause of natural beauty. Artistic beauty is not the creation of the face, but the representation or transformation of the face. Natural beauty is superior to artistic beauty; because the principle as a measure of beauty is nature, and artistic beauty is somehow derived from natural beauty. Beauty criteria (harmony, proportion, clarity, and perfection) are current in natural and artistic beauty. Aquinas' view of natural beauty is descriptive.

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