These two paintings are very well-known and considered great works of art. The first painting is by Piet Mondrian, a Dutch painter born in 1872. He was part of a group of artists in his country who valued harmony and order. They wanted to reduce visual compositions down to their bare forms and colors. The second painting is The School of Athens it is one of the most famous frescoes by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael The picture has long been seen as "Raphael's masterpiece and the perfect embodiment of the classical spirit of the High Renaissance."
Each of these works of art can be considered beautiful by different people, one can say that the first painting is beautiful but another will say that the second painting is more beautiful. Is there something that is considered beautiful by everyone? Or does that not exist? Beauty is different for everyone and the way we perceive beauty is different.
Another interesting angle to point out is emotions. Does emotion have anything to do with beauty? When a mother sees her newborn child she may say 'he/she is beautiful', but isn't the mother driven with emotion like happiness and joy?
It's interesting how beauty and emotions are intertwined and how each persons definition of beauty is different.
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