Beauty in Mathematical and Social-Cultural Domains

Causenge Cangin; Nuri Rosegg; John Bradburn

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Beauty in Mathematical and Social-Cultural Domains

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Causenge Cangin

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Pages:: 131–142

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9781848881105_015

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The concept of beauty subsumes culturally-independent mathematics and socialnorm influenced components. Beauty inspires and uplifts the human spirit. Wilderness sceneries strike awe and wonders in the human hearts throughout the ages. The Fibonacci sequence and golden ratio exist in diverse forms of beauty: nature, biological organisms, architecture, and arts. Golden-ratio-conforming human faces, regardless of age, gender, ethnic origin, are beautiful; geometry and symmetry are the bases of human facial beauty, even at lower resolution. Beauty exists in the mind of the beholder, not just the eyes; both mathematical formulations and social-culturally contexts influence the perception of beauty. Social cultural contexts influence the definitions of beauty in art appraisals and prevailing feminine-bodily ideal. Poetic beauty of love manifests in different forms of poetry written by poets from diverse cultures. The perceptions of beauty influence both judicial outcomes and jury decisions in the American Justice System. Perceptions of beauty have been, and continued to be, influenced by various social-cultural contexts. Many mathematical formulations, postulated to define or confine beauty, fail to account for the vastly-opposing viewpoints of female bodily beauty among various countries throughout histories. Hence, both mathematical and social-cultural approaches are instrumental in the understanding of the concept of beauty.

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Exploring the Critical Issues of Beauty

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Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 08 May 2012

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