1. Ugly vs Beautiful can we find some universal truths?

2. Venus, the goddess of Beauty how has she changed over the years? Birth of Venus, Botticelli c. 1482 Venus, Rubens, c. 1600 Venus, Botero, 1997 Venus de Milo, c. 300 BCE Venus Williams

3. details, Sistine Chapel, Adam and Hands Michelangelo, 1511 Nefertiti, c. 1350 BCE Could beauty come from the message that is implied?

4. What is ugly? Into the World There Came a Soul Named Ida, Ivan Albright, 1929 Saturn Devouring One of his Children, Goya, 1819 What elements of design in these paintings create the sense of “ugly” for us?

5. How do Beauty and Ugliness Interact? Las Meninas, Velasquez, 1656 At the Prado Museum in Madrid Court painting, Baroque Period of Spanish Golden Age The Infanta Margarita and her hand servants, staring at mom and dad, the king Phillip IV and his queen Velasquez is behind his painting; who are his subjects? Why do you think there are dwarves in the picture?

6. Is Ugly in the Eye of the Beholder? Untitled #412, Sherman, 2003 Big Man, Mueck, 2000

7. Are Beauty or Ugliness Cultural? Chinese shoes for bound feet Moko tatoo, Maori tribe, New Zealand Mursi Tribe, Ethiopia