On the beauty of nature, paintings and music

Authors

  • Ekin Çoraklı Dr., Abant Izzet Baysal University

Keywords:

Beauty, beauty of music, beauty of paintings, natural beauty, beauty of arts, judgment of beauty.

Abstract

There is a wide range of things that are classified by humans in terms of their level of beauty. The word ‘beautiful’ is used to define some of the natural entities living and nonliving, unnatural objects or ideas produced by humans, and the works of art, which are unique products of human hand and brain. Beauty, as a concept awakening a common feeling of pleasure, may mean something deeper than we are aware of. This meaning is perhaps hidden in its deeper aspects, which we have to give effort to analyze. Hence, within context of this paper, common and specific properties of the beauty of nature, paintings and music will be discussed. In addition, the stages of the perception of the beauty of all kinds will be called into question, and an account about the process of the judgment of beauty will be suggested. The specific types of beauty analyzed through the paper are limited with the beauty of nature, paintings and absolute music (music without words), following an opening remark about the beauty in general.

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Author Biography

Ekin Çoraklı, Dr., Abant Izzet Baysal University

Dr. Ekin Corakli started her piano education at the age of 7, in Istanbul University State Conservatory. She continued her piano education in the same institution as a half time student until she completed the Advanced Class while receiving her high school education in Kadikoy Anatolian High School and bachelor’s degree in Marmara University Music Education Department. During her Master’s (2007) and Ph.D (2011) education in Marmara University, she worked in Abant Izzet Baysal University Music Education Department as a research assistant. As the result of her enthusiasm for aesthetics of music, Dr. Corakli focused on philosophy of music at New York University (NYU) as a visiting scholar between September 2012 and February 2014 with the post-doctoral research scholarship provided by the Turkish Council of Higher Education. Currently she is working as an academician in Abant Izzet Baysal University.

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Volume 11, Issue 2

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Published

2014-07-19

How to Cite

Çoraklı, E. (2014). On the beauty of nature, paintings and music. Journal of Human Sciences, 11(2), 297–313. Retrieved from https://j-humansciences.com/ojs/index.php/IJHS/article/view/2900

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 2 (2014)

Section

Philosophy

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Uluslararası İnsan Bilimleri Dergisi ISSN:1303-5134
International Journal of Human Sciences ISSN:2458-9489
 
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