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Old Posted Apr 10, 2012, 2:39 PM
Nowhereman1280 Nowhereman1280 is offline
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^^^ There most certainly are not. If there really are "ugly periods" of architecture then name one period that is generally considered ugly that came before Modernism. You can't because there isn't one. There is only one period that is universally considered ugly and that is whatever period society deems to be out of fashion at that time. Right now it is Brutalism, 15 years ago it was Modernism, and 50 years ago it was anything pre-war.

If there were really styles that were intrinsically unattractive then there would be a multitude of examples you could call upon throughout history. But there aren't. Our aesthetic values as human beings are anything but concrete and this can be seen from shifting popularity of styles to our radically varied views of what makes an "attractive" human being. You are basically claiming that being overweight is objectively ugly when many societies throughout history have viewed obesity as beautiful or attractive. Hell, the Chinese still praise you for having a belly. If you go to China and have a fat belly they'll be impressed and sometimes even pat you on the belly and complement you.

There is no object aesthetic. Period.
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