Bellezza e piacere. La fatica del giudizio estetico in qualche pagina medievale

Bellezza e piacere. La fatica del giudizio estetico in qualche pagina medievale

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Through some pages of Augustine of Hippo and Thomas Aquinas we see some medieval solutions to the platonic drama of a beauty defined by numbers and measures, however with suprasensible roots: how can we say beautiful what cannot be measured? If Beauty is Harmony and Proportion, consequently how can...

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Main Author: Maria Tilde Bettetini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2018-05-01
Series:Aisthesis
Subjects:
Augustine of Hippo
Thomas Aquinas
beauty
harmony
aesthetic judgments
platonism
Online Access:https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/aisthesis/article/view/945
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spelling doaj-b57f3d5be6314c30adaf7e748306128d2020-11-25T01:30:40ZengFirenze University PressAisthesis2035-84662018-05-01111Bellezza e piacere. La fatica del giudizio estetico in qualche pagina medievaleMaria Tilde Bettetini0Università IULM, MilanoThrough some pages of Augustine of Hippo and Thomas Aquinas we see some medieval solutions to the platonic drama of a beauty defined by numbers and measures, however with suprasensible roots: how can we say beautiful what cannot be measured? If Beauty is Harmony and Proportion, consequently how can it derive from a suprasensible beauty? How will it be possible to express aesthetic judgments that go beyond measurement? The medieval answers to these questions are far beyond the postmodern uncertainties, maintaining paradoxes.https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/aisthesis/article/view/945Augustine of HippoThomas Aquinasbeautyharmonyaesthetic judgmentsplatonism
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Bellezza e piacere. La fatica del giudizio estetico in qualche pagina medievale
Aisthesis
Augustine of Hippo
Thomas Aquinas
beauty
harmony
aesthetic judgments
platonism
author_facet Maria Tilde Bettetini
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title Bellezza e piacere. La fatica del giudizio estetico in qualche pagina medievale
title_short Bellezza e piacere. La fatica del giudizio estetico in qualche pagina medievale
title_full Bellezza e piacere. La fatica del giudizio estetico in qualche pagina medievale
title_fullStr Bellezza e piacere. La fatica del giudizio estetico in qualche pagina medievale
title_full_unstemmed Bellezza e piacere. La fatica del giudizio estetico in qualche pagina medievale
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publisher Firenze University Press
series Aisthesis
issn 2035-8466
publishDate 2018-05-01
description Through some pages of Augustine of Hippo and Thomas Aquinas we see some medieval solutions to the platonic drama of a beauty defined by numbers and measures, however with suprasensible roots: how can we say beautiful what cannot be measured? If Beauty is Harmony and Proportion, consequently how can it derive from a suprasensible beauty? How will it be possible to express aesthetic judgments that go beyond measurement? The medieval answers to these questions are far beyond the postmodern uncertainties, maintaining paradoxes.
topic Augustine of Hippo
Thomas Aquinas
beauty
harmony
aesthetic judgments
platonism
url https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/aisthesis/article/view/945
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