Publish at January 25 2023 Updated January 25 2023
The question of beauty is philosophically very interesting. Indeed, it is a universal feeling that all humans share. Certain images or photos evoke in a very large majority a feeling of witnessing grace. What defines this feeling?
The ancient Greek mathematician Euclid was already trying to design harmonious ratios. Many centuries later, Luca Bartolomes Pacioli will take up these concepts and think about divine proportions. He will see in certain elements of nature these perfect proportions that some call the golden ratio. This will inspire, among others, Leonardo da Vinci in his famous sketch of the Vitruvian Man.
So would beauty be only a mathematical question? Doubts remain because many elements of fauna and flora do not correspond in any way to the divine figure without losing their charm. The attraction of humans to flowers or beautiful fruits would therefore be based on a message of survival: what is associated with sustenance attracts while the opposite repels.
What explains, however, why we do not always have the same opinion about a painting, a poster or a photo? This would answer the concordance between what is perceived and "fantasized" in our inner world. When this happens, we get a small dose of dopamine, then arousing our joy of observing a pretty thing.
Time: 6min49
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