B³aszczyk

From the dawn of time man wanted to surround himself with beautiful objects. This need of beauty, not forgetting about magical and religious function, became a cornerstone of the art. The concept of beauty is a very complex issue and can be considered on many levels. The idea what is beautiful and what is not has undergone continuous changes through ages. It is enough to reach to the history of art. In antiquity and in Renaissance the beauty was perceived as en aspiration for harmony, perfection, perfectly balanced proportions. Baroque, on the contrary sought for beauty in the expressive, complex forms, powerful light and shade, complex composition full of movement and dynamism. Presented examples make us aware of the fact that sense of beauty has been transforming along with passing time. Next generations were creating a new pattern. Is there any place for beauty today, in period of common trash and mass? In the modern art, beauty seems to be rejected as a needless ballast or destroyed by being reshaped into either kitsch or abrraviative expression sand even if it comes into existence it is, for sure, not he most important. Nowadays, art want to force us to think, to shock; unfortunately, very often it is devoid of clear form. Today art is more than once only a game, sociological experience, a play with an audience in which exhibitionism and mutual peeping are predominant. Is it possible to feel indignant at regard that there is no beauty at all or, generally speaking, it is a matter of taste? But art, apart from broadening horizons should also enrich a human spiritually, make him more conscious and through that a better person. It is also important to remember that beauty express itself not only in harmony of ancient proportions, but also through expressive, unsightly, rough, brutal forms. Even “ugly” paintings can fulfill their function of a signpost. The strict condition is not an eloquent but a full and perfect form, so in every time and place the artist’s intentions were clear to understand. It is unacceptable that reception of a work of art is possible only in combination with the artist’s or the critic’s explanation. In such situation the commentary is sufficient. In modern plastic arts beauty express itself in artistic language commensurate to the content and this issue has a fundamental place in art.

Nowacka

From the dawn of time and history, people wanted to be surrounded by beautiful objects. This need for beauty, remembering the magic and religious function, became the cornerstone of Art. The understanding of the word Beauty itself is a very complex and should be considered on many levels of meaning. The ideal of what is beautiful and what is not has undergone many changes throughout the time. Analysing only the history of Art we see that while in Antiquity and Renaissance beauty was associated with searching for the harmony, perfection and ideal proportions, in Baroque beautiful was everything that had wild expressions and forms, striking contrast of light and shadow and was dynamic. All this proves that the notion of Beauty has not been constant. Each epoch brought new ideal of beauty. The question that arises here is whether in present world of sloppiness and sameness there is place for Beauty. It seems that in modern Art, the Beauty became a kind of unwanted value that should be rejected or at least destroyed, and replaced by kitsch or even by deviant expressions. Moreover, even if the Beauty appears it has marginal position. Nowadays, though often without clear and understandable form, Art wants to make us think, wants to shock and stir. Art became a kind of game, sociological experiment, play with the audience which is dominated by exhibitionism and omnipresent phenomena of Peeping Toms. But do we really have to be so indignant and claim that there is no true Beauty or it is just a matter of individual taste? Art, still, should permeate people by its spiritual qualities, make us more conscious and so better, apart from opening our minds to the world. We should, however, remember that Beauty not necessary has to be expressed only by harmony of ancient proportions but also by ugly, sharp and obnoxious forms. Even the â?˜uglyâ?? paintings can function as guidelines on life. However, an essential condition is here the suggestive form that would be legible for everyone in every time. It would be unacceptable if understanding of the work of art was possible only with the commentary from author or critic. In that case, we might as well skip the work of art and concentrate only on the commentary. In modern plastic arts, the true beauty is expressed by, adequate for the content, language and so Beauty always takes crucial place in world of Art.