Beauty and the beholder

It has been argued that no such thing as a quality called beauty objectively exists. Even still, researchers do not believe beauty to be merely an arbitrary cultural convention.

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Published in:Nature (London) 1994-03, Vol.368 (6468), p.186-187
Main Author: Etcoff, Nancy L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aesthetics
Culture
Humanities and Social Sciences
multidisciplinary
news-and-views
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
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Summary:It has been argued that no such thing as a quality called beauty objectively exists. Even still, researchers do not believe beauty to be merely an arbitrary cultural convention.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/368186a0