Art and Beauty

1. What is beautiful? Name 7 things you consider beautiful.

2. What makes something or someone beautiful?

3. How have beauty standards changed over time?

4. Read the following quotes and discuss.

“A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life,
in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has
implanted in the human soul.”
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“I don't mind being burdened with being glamorous and sexual. Beauty and femininity are
ageless and can't be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturers won't like this, cannot
be manufactured. Not real glamour; it's based on
femininity.”
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“The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the

truth.”
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“There are no bad pictures; that's just how your face looks
sometimes.”
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“Modern art = I could do that + Yeah, but you didn't.”
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5. Try to match the different people to the quotes.

a. Abraham Lincoln (American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th
president of the United States in the XIX century)
b. Marilyn Monroe (American actress, model, and singer from the XX century)
c. Lao Tzu (ancient Chinese philosopher and writer.)
d. Craig Damrauer (Comedian and conceptual artist from the XXI century)
e. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (German writer from the XIX century)
6. What is the connection between beauty and art? Should art be beautiful?

7. You are going to watch a short documentary on beauty. After watching, answer: what
facts, aspects and opinions of beauty did you notice in the video that were not discussed
before?
8. What things did you see in the video that you found beautiful? Describe them with detail.

9. Do you have any kind of art skills? If you could learn, what kind of art would you like to
learn? Why?

10. You are going to watch a short documentary on Beauty. After watching, discuss:
What aspects of the topic appeared in the documentary that were not discussed
previously during the class?
What things did you see in the documentary that you thought were beautiful? Describe
them with detail.