Pleasure and art

 pleasure and art

  The painter does not see the fountain of water flowing from the bosom of the mountain as a thirsty man sees it, and the beautiful woman in the painting is in the eyes of all a mere denying of desire. It's not a body of desire. The need for art that touches our instincts. What George Santina tells us in his aesthetic philosophy is that there is a difference between pleasure or desire and the sense of beauty. It consists in the fact that beauty soothes our sensuous emotions, we exalt ourselves with beauty, and therefore deprive ourselves of the feeling of beauty. ] For example, viewing an artistic painting does not make us feel selfish, does not satisfy or tame our ego, but rather brings us to our innermost self. It will take you to faraway points where you will be enchanted by the beauty of nature. , and robs us of all our human pleasures and desires. Researcher Hank Green is of the view that what makes something art is the amount of sense of beauty it imparts to the recipient, regardless of the intentions behind its creation.] . When we travel miles and spend money to go to a concert or ballet performance, our human emotions do not receive the art, but rather the appeal to beauty, the best of us. It's a motivator