HONO 2053 The Scholar: Beauty & Cultures
What is beauty? Why is something–a person, a building, an idea–beautiful? How are concepts of beauty rooted in time and place, in culture? This seminar will investigate the scholarship of beauty. In engaging with the body of work of cultural scholars and critics, students will examine what different cultures have found to be beautiful. Students will examine a variety of cultures and eras. Informed by the scholarly view of beauty, students will investigate and articulate the origins of their own concepts of beauty.