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Kalós, sau despre frumos înainte de nașterea esteticii
Kalós, or about the beautiful before the birth of aesthetics

Author(s): Ștefan Gaie
Subject(s): Philosophy, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Aesthetics
Published by: Editura Universității de Vest
Keywords: Beauty; Good; Art; Antiquity; Aesthetics;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to shed light on how beauty was understood in periods prior to the modern age, especially in Antiquity and the Middle Ages, and thus to remind us that, even though the histories of aesthetics begin with ancient Greece, both the ancient Greeks and medieval thinkers understood beauty differently from the way it is understood by us, moderns.

  • Issue Year: 2025
  • Issue No: 13
  • Page Range: 100-111
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English, Romanian
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