THE PHENOMENOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION OF BEAUTY, HARMONY, AND SEXUALITY IN ART AND PHILOSOPHY
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32782/2415-8151.2025.38.1.5Keywords:
phenomenology, beauty, harmony, sexuality, corporeality, aesthetic experience, art, philosophy, spirituality, symbolismAbstract
The article explores the phenomenological nature of beauty, harmony, and sexuality as interconnected categories of aesthetic experience in art and philosophy. The historical and philosophical evolution of ideas about beauty is highlighted, from ancient concepts of measure and proportion to phenomenological interpretations of the 20th–21st centuries, within which beauty appears as an event of consciousness, harmony as a principle of ordering experienced diversity, and sexuality as an energy of spiritual and bodily self-expression. The purpose of the study is to phenomenologically analyze the categories of beauty, harmony, and sexuality as aesthetic and spiritual dimensions of human existence, as well as to understand their spatial embodiment in art. Methodology. The research methodology is based on a phenomenological approach, which allows us to consider beauty, harmony, and sexuality as ways of consciously experiencing existence. Hermeneutic, historical-comparative and culturological methods were used to analyze the evolution of aesthetic categories, as well as elements of psychoanalytic, cognitive and neuroaesthetic interpretation in order to explain the mechanisms of the emotional and spiritual impact of art on a person. Results. It was found that beauty, harmony and sexuality form a single phenomenological system in which beauty appears as an event of consciousness, harmony as a principle of ordering being, and sexuality as an energy of spiritual and bodily self-expression. The historical evolution of these concepts from ancient concepts of measure and proportion to the modern understanding of beauty as an existential experience was traced, their reflection in works of art of different eras was revealed and it was shown that through the combination of the sensual and the spiritual, art becomes a means of knowing the harmony of human existence. Scientific novelty. A holistic phenomenological analysis of the categories of beauty, harmony and sexuality as interconnected modes of aesthetic experience was carried out. The author’s model of their «trinity» is proposed, in which beauty is interpreted as an act of spiritual revelation, harmony as a principle of ordering being, and sexuality as the energy of creative self-expression. Practical relevance. The results of the study can be used in the field of art history, aesthetics, cultural studies and philosophy for a deeper analysis of artistic works and processes of perception. The proposed phenomenological model of beauty, harmony and sexuality can serve as a methodological basis for teaching humanitarian disciplines, developing artistic and educational programs, as well as for practices aimed at developing the aesthetic, emotional and spiritual experience of the individual.
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