Temptation, attraction, lust, desire and many more terms are relatively used with “Beauty”. Thousand of definitions with many degrees of each along with different standards and frameworks are there. But, all these stuck when it comes to describe the substantial beauty.
As per the dictionary of Cambridge – Beauty is defined as a quality that makes something especially good or attractive. Let’s first understand the meaning of it and then analyze it further. So one thing is clear from the above that Beauty is something which is related to feelings. What is good and what is bad, it’s all depends upon references and standards, we define one and another get predicted at its own with reference to the prior one.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. It has different meaning for different observers in various situations. Digging down the history and as per an article published in littlethings.com by Laura Caseley, you will find that people from various locations and ages have different perception for the Beauty. They were more concerned on physical rather than the substantial one. Following are some abstract taken from littlethings.com to make you aware about various beauty standards along the ages-
- Ancient Egypt: Braided Wigs And Lots Of Eyeliner
- Ancient Greece: Unibrows And Bleached Curls
- Heian Japan: Super-Long Hair And Smudgy Eyebrows
- Renaissance Italy: High Foreheads And Strawberry Blonde Hair
- 18th-Century France: Double Chins And White Skin
- The Edwardian Era: Tousled Hair And An Hourglass Figure
- The Roaring ’20s: A Slim Silhouette And Bobbed Hair
- 1950s: Flawless Skin And A Curvy Shape
- 1960s: Androgyny And Lots Of Eyelashes
- 1980s: An Appreciation Of Diversity And Big Hair For All
But the question remains the same. Is beauty just limited to perception, liking and disliking or is something else? We judge the book by its cover. It’s usually untrue and unwise but, we place a great weight of importance on first impression. It is also the ground reality that the first impression provides a long lasting, quick visual cues to make an assumption of others. However it is quite irrational to perceive the thing as per the presentation. Then what is the reality? Let’s find out!
We likes our family. When we are with our loved ones it gives us an immense pleasure and that feeling could be considered as beauty. We also feel fresh and pure when we are in the lap of nature! Again the positive vibes makes us to percieve it in a positive and energetic way. That also falls under the category of the beauty.
Howsoever, most of us misguided by physical appearance which stimuli our senses of attraction, but that’s just the matter of time. A point should be noted here that beauty is not supposed to fades away with time as it is an long lasting experience. So, if you have a charming partner then it could be adorable but not necessarily an example of substantial beauty.
Everyone of us has different viewpoints but when it comes to substantial(fundamental) part, our past affects our decisions. Its better to stay focused on the facts and