Kelley Rubben Dr. Marck L. Beggs, Director M.L.A. Program Admissions Essay January 6, 2001 What is Artistic Beauty? From the beginning of time, men and women have scrutinized, categorized, and compared components of their surroundings in an attempt to better understand their world. In the Bible’s Genesis account, Adam, seemingly in appreciation of Eve’s uniqueness and beauty, poetically proclaims her, “bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called …showed first 75 words of 1621 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1621 total…that which touches the emotions of its audience.  Bibliography Works Cited Danto, Arthur C., M.A., Ph.D., “Aesthetics,” Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia, 2000 © 1997-2000 Microsoft Corporation. Leddy, Tom. “Kant's Aesthetics: Tattoos, Architecture, and Gender-Bending,” American Society for Aesthetics / Aesthetics On-Line. . "Romanticism (art)," Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia, 2000 © 1997-2000 Microsoft Corporation. Wilson, Kay; Walkup, Nancy; McCarter, Bill. “Aesthetics: Questioning the Nature of Art,” North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. (c)1995,1996,1997,1998,1999 Created: 30 November 1995; Updated, Fall 1999.