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Beauty
Beauty is
a characteristic of a person,
animal, place, object, or
idea that provides a perceptual
experience of pleasure, meaning,
or satisfaction. Beauty is
studied as part of aesthetics,
sociology, social psychology,
and culture. As a cultural
creation, beauty has been
extremely commercialized.
An "ideal beauty"
is an entity which is admired,
or possesses features widely
attributed to beauty in a
particular culture, for perfection.
The experience of "beauty"
often involves the interpretation
of some entity as being in
balance and harmony with nature,
which may lead to feelings
of attraction and emotional
well-being. Because this is
a subjective experience, it
is often said that "beauty
is in the eye of the beholder."
In its most profound sense,
beauty may engender a salient
experience of positive reflection
about the meaning of one's
own existence. A subject of
beauty is anything that resonates
with personal meaning. |
