Explained — S02E09 — Beauty

00:00:09 A professional domino artist is someone

00:00:46 just comes from knowing how much went into the project.

00:01:38 It might be still life,

00:02:23 when an Italian mathematician named a number the Divine Proportion

00:03:12 that people are especially drawn to rectangles with this exact proportion.

00:03:56 They perceived just two colors: blue and red.

00:04:41 Flowers indicated that something might turn into fruit.

00:05:28 In France, like this. This was Turkey's. This China's.

00:06:12 In 2017,

00:06:46 Female peacocks, they're actually called peahens,

00:07:25 could not describe the evolution of ornaments that would not help

00:08:06 the elaboration, the diversification of preference.

00:08:52 Beauty can also activate our endocannabinoid and opioid systems.

00:09:36 We humans are deeply cultural creatures.

00:10:18 they had a hard time breaking into the scene.

00:11:01 I love you, My Little Pony.

00:11:33 You can look at a painting of a monarch

00:12:13 during moments of peak aesthetic experience

00:12:52 when you're self-reflective.

00:13:25 involves connecting our senses and emotions with something personal.

00:14:03 20 people with Alzheimer's disease were shown a range of paintings.

00:14:45 And for people with dementia, making art can be powerful therapy.

00:15:25 it means that those pieces speak to us in a deep way.

00:16:10 Perfect.