Free beauty and functional perspective in medieval aesthetics

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Author: Pradier Sebastián, Adrián
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2022
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Valladolid
Repository:UVaDOC. Repositorio Documental de la Universidad de Valladolid
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13020125
https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/63136
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Keyword:Aesthetics
Estética
Philosophy
Arts - Philosophy
Arte - Filosofía
Arts and religion
Arte y religión
Aesthetics, Medieval
Estética medieval
Beauty
Belleza
72 Filosofía
5101.10 Religión
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spelling Free beauty and functional perspective in medieval aestheticsPradier Sebastián, AdriánAestheticsEstéticaPhilosophyArts - PhilosophyArte - FilosofíaArts and religionArte y religiónAesthetics, MedievalEstética medievalBeautyBelleza72 Filosofía5101.10 ReligiónProducción CientíficaThe concept of functional beauty is characterized by including an aesthetic appreciation of objects that evaluates their efficiency in terms of satisfaction of attributions. As opposed to the concept of free beauty, which includes an appreciation of perceptual qualities for their own sake, the knowledge of functions is a necessary condition for the aesthetic experience itself. The aim of this paper is to reintegrate the medieval tension between these two conceptions, which has been surprisingly neglected in contemporary aesthetic reflection. We start from the hypothesis that the modern opposition between functional beauty and free beauty is rooted in the medieval controversies concerning the role assigned to sensitive beauty. If this is true, it would open a path of interlocution for contemporary aesthetic and theological thought that, based on Patristics, runs through the whole of the Middle Ages. We focus on three tensions which constitute three turning points: (1) the categorical distinction between beauty and appropriateness through St. Augustine of Hippo (354–430) and St. Isidore of Seville (c. 560–636), who raise the question in the tradition of Latin Patristics; (2) the opposition between aesthetic judgment based on function satisfaction or one based on the free and mere appearance of the object, as can be seen in the foundational thought of St. Basil the Great (330–379), whose influence is not only extraordinary in Greek Patristics, but also in the Latin world; finally, the controversy about practical value of aesthetic attitude, through texts by Hugh of St. Victor (1096–1141), St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090–1153) and Suger of St. Denis (1081–1151). The conclusions reveal the irreducible aesthetic value of functional beauty in medieval period and the extraordinary difficulties in accommodating a free and autonomous notion of beauty, as well as the practical benefits of its everyday treatment. In fact, the consideration of a free beauty as a good in itself persists in medieval thought, which is important not only for History of Philosophy, but also for the contemporary concern shared by Philosophy of Religion and Aesthetics about the role of sensitive beauty in the life of human being.Universidad de Navarra, Grupo de Estética y Arte Contemporáneo - (project PIUNA 2020/2021)MDPI2022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.3390/rel13020125https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/63136reponame:UVaDOC. Repositorio Documental de la Universidad de Valladolidinstname:Universidad de ValladolidIngléshttps://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/13/2/125info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/oai:uvadoc.uva.es:10324/631362026-06-13T12:44:47Z
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title Free beauty and functional perspective in medieval aesthetics
spellingShingle Free beauty and functional perspective in medieval aesthetics
Pradier Sebastián, Adrián
Aesthetics
Estética
Philosophy
Arts - Philosophy
Arte - Filosofía
Arts and religion
Arte y religión
Aesthetics, Medieval
Estética medieval
Beauty
Belleza
72 Filosofía
5101.10 Religión
title_short Free beauty and functional perspective in medieval aesthetics
title_full Free beauty and functional perspective in medieval aesthetics
title_fullStr Free beauty and functional perspective in medieval aesthetics
title_full_unstemmed Free beauty and functional perspective in medieval aesthetics
title_sort Free beauty and functional perspective in medieval aesthetics
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pradier Sebastián, Adrián
author Pradier Sebastián, Adrián
author_facet Pradier Sebastián, Adrián
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Aesthetics
Estética
Philosophy
Arts - Philosophy
Arte - Filosofía
Arts and religion
Arte y religión
Aesthetics, Medieval
Estética medieval
Beauty
Belleza
72 Filosofía
5101.10 Religión
topic Aesthetics
Estética
Philosophy
Arts - Philosophy
Arte - Filosofía
Arts and religion
Arte y religión
Aesthetics, Medieval
Estética medieval
Beauty
Belleza
72 Filosofía
5101.10 Religión
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