Samokhvalova, V.K. Why people worship beauty?

Abstract: How can one explain the way the people try to attain perfection, the way they are attracted to it? Can one define art? What do philosophers think of the nature of art? What are specific features of art? What are philosophical bases of aesthetics? All these issues are topical with the philosophers, who work in the sphere of aesthetics. In this article V.K. Samokhvalova searches for her own answers to the eternal question and expresses her opinion on place of science of aesthetics in the modern world.