Aesthetic Tradition and it’s few Theories

Abstract

The basis of the aesthetic thought of Tamilians is their art and literature. Thus, Tolkappiyam is the best source for recording the tradition of Tamil aesthetic thought. Similarly, there are many references to the concept of beauty in Sangam literature. Although Tamil literature has recorded the term beauty related to literary creation and artwork, research on the term has not been carried out in the field of Tamil literary criticism. It is noteworthy that the first book written to explain Murugu or beauty in Tamil is Thiru. V. Kalyana Sundaranar's Murugan or Beauty. In this book, aesthetics are explained in some places with religious affiliation and in some places without religious affiliation. Given the definition of beauty, it is impossible to say with certainty that this is beauty. But there is a custom in the ancient Tamil society of dividing beauty into two categories: natural beauty and artificial beauty. Such beauty is formed according to the ideas that man has absorbed in the world. Similarly, the vision of beauty is formed according to the training of the senses. In particular, beauty differs according to his knowledge, experience, environment, and imagination. That is why the study of beauty is called aesthetics. Aesthetics is not only the study of beautiful things but also includes the study of things that are considered unattractive. Although everyone can get explanations for aesthetics from the perspective of approaching art in their own understanding, it is impossible to accept these alone as the final explanation of aesthetics. The reason is that aesthetics is different according to their understanding.