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Unseen beauty: the persistence of the medieval in contemporary aesthetics = Beleza que não se vê: a persistência do medieval na estética contemporânea

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Resumo:The experience of beauty is no less mysterious for the aesthetician today than it was in the Middle Ages. Here I focus on the notion of 'unseen beauty' and how certain aspects of medieval philosophizing about the nature of beauty can still be of use for the contemporary aesthetician. I draw a comparison between some concepts that pervade the whole of the Medieval period - that there is a transcendent source of visible beauty, and that visible beauties function as images of the invisible beauty - with a modern conception of aesthetic experience, as it is expressed in authors like Clive Bell.
Assunto:Filosofia Philosophy
País:Portugal
Tipo de documento:journal article
Tipo de acesso:Aberto
Instituição associada:Repositório Aberto da Universidade do Porto
Idioma:inglês
Origem:Repositório Aberto da Universidade do Porto
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Resumo:The experience of beauty is no less mysterious for the aesthetician today than it was in the Middle Ages. Here I focus on the notion of 'unseen beauty' and how certain aspects of medieval philosophizing about the nature of beauty can still be of use for the contemporary aesthetician. I draw a comparison between some concepts that pervade the whole of the Medieval period - that there is a transcendent source of visible beauty, and that visible beauties function as images of the invisible beauty - with a modern conception of aesthetic experience, as it is expressed in authors like Clive Bell.