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@joz*garage wrote:

Not everybody will find Beethoven, Bach. 's music or Picasso's art beautiful

so in that context, no... beauty is not universal

there are individual tastes when it comes to that

 

i do believe there is universal beauty though, something that everybody finds beautiful

scenes in nature for example

 

who can not behold a beautiful sunset?

 

 

 

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Sunset. I'm rather ambivalent about it. 

I do think the perception of beauty is ingrained in our DNA. Even babies can determine beauty before they're influenced by culture. 

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@**what_would_bob_do** wrote:

I do think the perception of beauty is ingrained in our DNA. Even babies can determine beauty before they're influenced by culture. 

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 No they can't.   Don't confuse 'pleasing' with 'beauty'

 If it's not pleasant, a baby will let you know

I do think the perception of beauty is ingrained in our DNA.

well if you put it that way

a deranged evil mind can find something of beauty

even with animals, if they didnt find the opposite sex attractive they wouldnt reproduce

Bob, I think Babies respond to symmetry. They also respond to black and white geometrical shapes. The brain need to develop, in order to take in complex images. 

As we get older, humans often find beauty in things that are not symmetrical. So, that blows out the DNA baby theory. IMHO> 

I think beauty is subjective, and differs not only from culture to culture, but also from one era to the next, as well as from each individual. 

I went to the Los Angeles museum of art a few days ago. There was an impressionist display there(on tour). Van Gogh, Kandinsky, etc.  I wouldn't hang a lot of those paintings on my own walls. We actually got into a discussion about WHO decides what is "great" art? We toured the rest of the museum, and saw quite an eclectic assortment of art pieces. Some I loved, some I actually hated. 

While many of us might agree that a sunset, or sunrise is beautiful, others might just shrug and say, eh, I'd rather see the moon and stars. 

I've found that the barhogs take on a more ethereal quality the closer to closing time it gets......

I find men less attractive after they have had a few, band. LOL!!!!

Okay baby boomers These five would know.......or at least have an opinion on the subject....... name them....

I have no idea. So, I'm going to post their look-a-likes.;) 

 Brittany Murphy's grandma, Sophia Loren(the tall one), grown Shirley Temple(or Marie Osmond), Lucille Ball, Groucho Marks.:p