Tim Matthews wrote:
On 22/12/2009 5:24 p.m., Walter Bright wrote:
Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
That definition is what was discussed in this thread and alleged to be
anything but beautiful.
I've been in museums in europe where they proudly display ornate swords
and armor as "beautiful". I always kinda thought otherwise, because all
that decoration and encrustation was not what the weapon was for. More
interesting were the weapons with a single minded deadliness to them. I
suppose it's the engineer in me <g>.
I guess it is true that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" according
to google this means: "people all have different ideas about what is
beautiful"
Sure. I see beauty in things that are perfectly suited to their task -
nothing missing, and nothing extra. So ornate engravery leaves me cold,
as does jewel encrustation.
