Why Beauty Matters

(Despite the title, this is in English)

Rethinking the "ugly" in art...

Philosopher Roger Scruton presents a provocative essay on the importance of beauty in the arts and in our lives. 

In the 20th century, Scruton argues, art, architecture and music turned their backs on beauty ~ making a cult of ugliness and leading us into a "spiritual desert."

Using the thoughts of philosophers from Plato to Kant, and by talking to artists Michael Craig-Martin and Alexander Stoddart, Scruton analyses where art went wrong and presents his own impassioned case for restoring beauty to its traditional position at the center of our civilization.