Great beauty produces a rapture in the soul, and in
the soul of an artist this rapture is more intense than it is in the soul of
the average individual. When the artist produces a work of art which he
considers to be beautiful it is because he is experiencing the rapture of the
soul which compels him to express these emotions in his art. I’m sure Van Gogh
felt this rapture when he looked upon a starry night. Gauguin must have felt it
in Tahiti when he saw the harmony of man and nature. I feel this heightened
rapture of the soul when I look at a young girl who is innocently
unselfconscious of her loveliness.
Proverbial wisdom tells us that beauty is in the eye
of the beholder, but there is an undeniable universal beauty in the world masterpieces
of art, music, theater, and dance. We can define a masterpiece as that which
has the universal power and beauty to move us more profoundly than an
“ordinary” work of art. Great beauty stirs the soul to unknown depths of rapture
while at the same time raising it to new heights of enlightenment. In short,
great beauty is an enigma that moves the soul in ways we cannot understand.
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