Abstract
Textbooks on the principles of aesthetics have all tackled the fundamental issue about the characteristics of aesthetics, but generally there exists a breakdown between the description of characteristics and the definition of beauty or there is no distinction between the pleasure of beauty and the pleasure of aesthetic perception. Modern aesthetic theories have a tendency of highlighting the generative aspect of beauty in aesthetic activities and denying the homogeneous quality of beauty and its definition, and therefore the possibility and necessity of the research into the characteristics of beauty is ungrounded. This paper takes a constructive post-modern stance to re-examine the characteristics of beauty, and defines beauty as a valuable object of pleasure. The paper summarizes the five major characteristics of beauty as pleasure, imagery, value, objectivity and subjectivity, and elaborates on the first three characteristics.
First Page
64
Last Page
70
Recommended Citation
Qi, Zhixiang. 2013. "On Pleasure, Imagery and Value of Beauty as the Characteristics of Aesthetics." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 33, (3): pp.64-70. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol33/iss3/17
