Beauty they say is in the eye of the beholder ... This is true, but it is also true that beauty is in the eye of all beholders ...
What I mean by this is that there is subjective beauty, which is that first type, and is limited to a particular individual's tastes. But moreover there is objective beauty, which is that second type, that is universal, and which transcends time and place, and is recognized by all "beholders" as beautiful.
Who can dispute the inherent beauty of a perfect red rose, or a majestic sunset that washes the sky with its reddish-orange dye ... Or the mysterious, magical melodies of a Mozart concerto or the raw, emotive power of a Beethoven movement ...
No-one, I contend, unless he be insane, or inane, or maybe even untutored in the ability to recognize that objective beauty. In other words, that ability to see and appreciate true, objective beauty, I contend, is innate in each of us, unless it has been stifled or thwarted by some experience or entity that is ... well, ugly!
For an example of truly beautiful art, see http://artrenewal.org.
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