Why Beauty Matters by Roger Scruton (2009 BBC)

Genre: Documentary 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 CraigMartin and Alexander Stoddart, Scruton analyses where art went wrong and presents his own impassioned case for restoring b