title: Beauty and art.
abstract: Definitions of beauty and art have been turned upside down when trying to describe 20th century and postmodern art. The classical sense of beauty looks toward the replication of nature as its inspiration. The development of Impressionist art and modern art forced the rules of aesthetics to be rethought and revised. Old standards of aesthetics were brought into question with each successive artistic challenge. This article endeavors to explore the meaning of beauty and the aesthetic experience as it relates to defining art.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia, One Hospital Drive, MA 314, Columbia, Missouri 65212, USA.
authors.forename: C W David
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D001154:Art; D001504:Beauty; D004954:Esthetics / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D019368:Nature; D033302:Postmodernism