The concept of "beauty" is an illusive and much debated subject. Many philosophers and scholars claimed to have understood and tried to explain what makes something beautiful. Their comparative explanations differ greatly. However, they provide us with precious information as to the prevalent understandings of "beauty" in various epochs of the history of Western civilization. The Ancient Greeks first introduced the definition of beauty as something that produces pleasant sensations. In those days the keyword …showed first 75 words of 274 total…

…showed last 75 words of 274 total…of beauty was. Cultural studies provided us with another groundbreaking thought: if there is such a thing as universal beauty, how come that the standards of attractiveness differ greatly across cultures? Finally, beauty was allowed, by general consent, to be a matter of individual taste influenced (to an extent) by cultural dictate. It may have taken us centuries but we have at last acknowledged the old proverb: "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder".