Descriptive Essay About Beauty

The many qualities that beauty contains can affect who someone truly is in the outside. But those qualities do not define who someone is from the inside. According to “Hello, beautiful: what we talk about when we talk about beauty” by Arthur Krystal, it states “beauty is a mess, a sinkhole, a trap. Approach it philosophically

The subjective element of beauty involves judgment, not opinion. Many people feel beauty is only something seen by the eyes. St. Thomas Aquinas views beauty in both the supernatural and natural orders. Aquinas lists the attributes of beauty to be found in nature. These are; unity, proportion, and clarity. We will see how these attributes of beauty are seen through the eye and felt by the heart.

The artist I researched is Cindy Sherman. She is a American Photographer born on January 19, 1954 in Glen Ridge, New jersey. Her parents had five children and Cindy was the youngest of them all. Her parents were not quit interested in art. Her dad was a engineer and her mom was a teacher. In the early 1970s, Cindy enrolled at State University of New York to study art. There, Cindy discovered that painting was not her gift. Cindy stated, "I didn't want to make 'high' art, I had no interest in using paint, I wanted to find something that anyone could relate to without knowing about contemporary art. I wasn't thinking in terms of precious prints or archival quality; I didn't want the work to seem like a commodity." She could not express her artwork through panting. Instead, she began to take photos.

The philosopher Confucius once said, "Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." This makes me wonder, what is beauty and how can everything possess it? Dictionary.com defines beauty as, "the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind. " If beauty truly is in everything, then can we find pleasure in our most distressing memories? Is there satisfaction to be found in the most painful of situations?

For centuries mankind has unsuccessfully attempted to define beauty. Greek philosophers, including Plato, tried to define beauty as if it were as simple as any other law in nature. However this cannot be so because the idea of what is beautiful has varied throughout cultures and the ages. In the 1800s women who were pale and rather plump were considered objects of desire; but in today’s society, desirable women are slender and tan, among other things. The fact is that today, beauty is as unobtainable as it is indefinable. All of today’s supermodels, as seen in millions of advertisements, have been modified, airbrushed, and photoshopped. Women desiring this beauty have turned to various

Many of the words in the English dictionary have different meanings, for example the word beauty. If we were to question fifty people on the definition, all fifty responses would be slightly different. People usually think of beauty as physical appearance, but if we really think about beauty in depth, we realize that the word has a more extensive meaning than just physical appearance. Beauty is based on a personal opinion. There isn’t a person or object that defines beauty, because it’s strictly based on opinion. Something that someone would describe as beautiful, another person might not agree. Beauty is one’s personal admiration on an object or person. People use the word beauty to describe multiple things or objects. So does beauty actually have a specific meaning? The word

Beauty is anything you want it to be, from pimples to nappy hair, "unslayed" edges, and "fleekless" eyebrows. It is not defined by the way you look, but by the way you carry yourself. Beauty is attitude, confidence, poise, and self-expression.

Beauty is something that can be interpreted completely different from person to person. A famous quote that goes along with this perfectly is “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” I think a person’s inner beauty should be taken into account when deciding whether or not a person is beautiful. Wikipedia’s definition of beauty is, “a characteristic of a person, animal, place, object, or idea that provides a perceptual experience of pleasure or satisfaction” while Oxford Dictionary states, “beauty is a combination of qualities, such as shape, color, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially sight.” As you can see, inner beauty could be paired with Wiki’s definition and outer beauty could be paired with Oxfords. Of course, there

The definition of beauty is a characteristic of a person, animal, place, object, or idea that provides a perceptual experience of pleasure, meaning, or satisfaction. Beauty has negative and positive influences on mostly people. Beauty is described by the inside and outside of us. Due to beauty, our self-esteem has been hurt dramatically, especially towards girls. Beauty is not always about our outside looks but it’s about our inside personality also.

What is beauty? How do we decide who is attractive and who is not? Society is full of information telling us what is beautiful, but what fact is that information based on? The topic of beauty has been studied, analyzed and controversial for centuries. We all know the feeling you can have when you hear a beautiful song that brings joy to your heart, stand in a field of flowers that excites your eyes, or admire a face that is visually pleasing. As human beings, we are all drawn to beauty, but what is it that makes something beautiful? The controversial issue that surrounds beauty is that some believe that true beauty is defined by someone’s outer appearance, while others believe it is something that is experienced through a person’s

"Does this make me look fat?” Everyone at one time or another has experienced this iconic question in some way. Your best friend may have asked it, as she was getting ready for a date or maybe you muttered these words to yourself as you stared disapprovingly into a mirror; either way, this six-word question alludes to a standard of beauty that everyone strives to meet. A standard of beauty that is almost impossible to meet. The definition of beauty has evolved greatly over the years and it differs from culture to culture. Today, western culture idolizes the woman who is “thin, large breasted, and white (tanned, but not too brown)” (WVFV, pg. 220). This woman is one that millions of women strive to look like in

This tall, slender girl has smooth, silky arms with tiny goose bumps, her skin is cool like the air in fall, allowing her to be neither hot or cold. On her wrists, she has indentations from the numerous bracelets she wears daily. Her right hand has a fresh wound from her favorite sport, basketball. As you focus in on the skin that stretches over her hands, she has scars both old and new, both small and big. Her feet are crusty looking, yet feel smooth and cold. She has long delicate fingers allowing you feel the hard bones of her fingers under her smooth skin.

She is summer. She is spontaneous plans. She is the ivory rose in a sea of crimson red. The slight aroma of warm vanilla and sugar radiate off her skin. Her golden wavy hair is untamed, ending at the small of her back tied up in a loose braid. Behind her slightly crooked black glasses, her eyes are crystal blue, like a sea in the calm after a raging storm’s wrath. Her short brown eyelashes bat freely as she sways to the soothing music. Each freckle on her young face is warmly welcomed by her light skin, rather than tolerated. As she parts her lips, pearl white peers out from behind, trying to make an entrance. A joke makes way for a straight smile as it is accompanied by a proportional nose, with a slightly bulbous tip front of her open nostrils. Her thick coral lips, slightly upturned at the corners, return to her normal state after the joke has subsided. The cupids bow resting fairly high while the thin sides tug at the peaks of her mouth, hiding on the inside of her mouth. The baby fat is gone from the apples of her cheeks, yet the innocent light coral shade of a newborn baby remains below her eyes. Below a pouting bottom lip rests a delicate chin comfortably, not protruding from the face but instead bleeding into her soft heart shaped jaw. Looking past first impressions, small wrinkles are present on the outsides of her eyes in a sideways v shape. More are found below her nose, making a path down to the corners of her mouth.

La Vita E Bella or in English language, Life is Beautiful is a touching story about the unconditional love of a father to his family. Guido Orefice is a Jewish-Italian who went in Arezzo, Italy on 1939 to open a bookstore he rode on a car with his friend while his friend was reciting a poem about being free. I felt laughed a little bit when the brake fluid of the car wrecked. They stopped on a barn to fix their car when Guido met a school teacher named Dora. It was funny when Dora fell from a high tree house then to Guido’s arms. I can see on his eyes that he already felt that it was love at first sight. He also called her “Princess”. I can also see in Dora’s eyes on the way she laugh on Guido’s jokes, she already loves him too. Despite of Dora, having a relationship with the Italian officer still Guido’s unique ways of courting sweeps her off her feet. It was funny how the director and writer Robert Benigni come up with a fantastic plot

Natural beauty, in this day and age, is a term that has many definitions because it is a controversial term. With the way people dress, act, and express themselves, it is extremely hard to find the true denotation of natural beauty. This is also true with the growing popularity in makeup in both genders. When asked to define it, people have formed their own opinions of the term along with the commonly known denotation, connotation, synonyms, and antonyms. The definition of the term also can be described and derived from my personal experiences along with others’. Though there is much evidence for and against the belief, natural beauty is more than what’s on the outside.