This is a continuation of the ideas from my last video. In part 2 this week, we examine objective and subjective beauty through a discussion of Shakespeare, geometry, and personal taste. Moving towards part 3, we’re getting deeper into the idea of a universal, objective beauty.
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Video: Subjective and Objective Beauty, part 1
In the Search For Beauty video series I shot last summer, I introduced the series by comparing subjective beauty and objective beauty. I decided not to include the piece, since it seemed to skim over too many ideas too quickly. This video–as well as the few that will follow–are an in-depth exploration of subjective and objective beauty. Is beauty something that we project onto the world around us, or are certain elements of our world intrinsically beautiful? I hope to move closer to that answer.
Last in the series from Provence this spring.
Road into Caromb
10″ x 12″, oil on panel
E8: the Most Beautiful Structure in Mathematics
A two minute animation of a potential Theory of Everything. The first 30 seconds explains a few terms and then the structure, the E8 Lie group, “what many consider the most beautiful structure in mathematics”, starts to rotate. Maybe in 8 dimensions, but I’m not sure. It’s striking.
Scientists often discover ideas or theories are true because of their elegance and beauty. Currently the two major theories of physics, relativity and quantum mechanics won’t gel.
Garrett Lisi may have advanced a possible resolution using the E8 Lie group.He assembled the known elementary particles like quarks and leptons within the E8 structure and then using the elegance of the structure added particles that as yet did not fit into any one holistic form. That was in 2007. He say he still has work to do on the theory but he’s optimistic.
The other major theory currently trying to unity all the elementary particles and forces of nature is string theory. It however has become more complex than what it is trying to explain. That is not a good sign of either beauty, or probably truth.
Part 6 of The Search For Beauty Video Series – Revelation
Here’s part 6, the final part of my video series. I hope you’ve enjoyed it.
In this episode, I examine the word ‘revelation.’
You can find the rest of the series on my Vimeo page: vimeo.com/ianrobertsartist
Thanks for watching!
Part 5 of The Search For Beauty Video Series – Perception
Here’s part five of The Search For Beauty
In this episode, I examine the word ‘perception.’
You can find the rest of the series on my Vimeo page: vimeo.com/ianrobertsartist
“Beauty! Where shall one begin on a subject so vast, one that has stirred so many celebrated writers? What a theme! An endless one, and let it be said in passing, just such questions as these are the most interesting, because with them, the last word is never said and because everyone can have a different opinion.”
—Eugene Delacroix
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