Venus Art History

Author: Zhou Pingyuan
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Publish Date: 2006-11-01
Features: The aesthetician Zhou Pingyuan begins with the discovery from archaeology—the crude and ugly Venus of Willendorf statue from 20,000 years ago. He traces through different periods such as wild nature, Greek classical poetics, Roman decline and debauchery, medieval ascetic punishment, the Renaissance, and realism. With solid aesthetic theory and a broad perspective, he connects the outstanding artistic images and detailed historical materials of each period, revealing the entire process of Venus's transformation from ugliness to beauty, from beauty to ugliness, ultimately being alienated, and then leading people back to "." No matter how long or winding the future may be, it can be certain that Venus is immortal. Her vitality is as enduring as that of humanity. The journey of Venus is the journey of love, the journey of aesthetics, and the journey of human subjectivity moving from nature and self-being to self-awareness and self-creation, and through self-negation, continuously striving toward freedom.