[The beauty of the vulnerable].

Abstract

This article explores the paradox between beauty and vulnerability, analyzing how our aesthetic judgments, influenced by cultural and physiological norms, reject fragility while exalting perfection. Through a variety of artistic examples, from Rembrandt to Japanese kintsugi, he shows how vulnerability can be sublimated and integrated into the field of the beautiful. By redefining beauty as a recognition of finitude, he proposes an inclusive aesthetic that values flaws and imperfections as sources of resilience and creativity.