Can beauty be anything that is done right?

Massimo Sarracino

Professor Young

11/2/14

Engw 1100

Can Beauty be Whatever is Done Right?

    

     Denis Dutton discusses the human perception of all things beautiful. All from human beings, natural landforms, works of art, and even skilled human actions. Humans perceive these thing as beautiful because of the way we have adapted to them. Dutton says that beauty is not in the eye of the beholder, it is deep in our minds and is passed down from our ancient ancestors. They were attracted to the skills used to construct beauty mainly because they did not have a way of communication or a set language. We see beauty the same way our ancient ancestors did and that is why we see skills and things that are done right as beautiful.

    To begin, as humans we perceive almost anything that catches our eye as beautiful. Weather it be a human being, natural landforms, works of art, and even skilled human actions. Dutton believes that these perceptions of beauty come from deep in our minds and are passed down from our ancient ancestors. This would surely explain why we see natural landscapes, similar to the ones that our ancient ancestors lived in, as beautiful. Also, our ancient ancestors did not have a set language or a way to communicate with one another. This made them more attracted to physical skills and intelligence. That is why humans today see things such as a last play, game saving win or a physical human talent as beautiful.

    In conclusion, Dutton explains how and why humans perceive things done right as 

beautiful. Things that can be perceived as beautiful range from human beings, works of art, 

natural landscapes,skilled human actions, etc. Dutton says that beauty is not in the eye of

the beholder, rather it is deep in our minds and is passed down from our ancient ancestors 

whom we derive from. They were attracted to the skills used to construct beauty mainly 

because they did not have a way of communication or a set language. We see beauty as 

something done right or a certain skill because of our ancient ancestors and that is how our 

perception of all things beautiful has evolved into what we see today.