Aesthetic of ugliness in the art of painting between 17th century and early 20th century

Hereby this thesis titled "Aesthetic of Ugliness in the Art of Painting Between 17th Century and Early 20th Century" investigates the paintings that contain ugliness in them. The main focus is to show and discuss paintings that include ugly content or figures to reveal the fact that in the History of Fine Arts, since the 17th century, ugliness is used as a conceptual and aesthetic parameter. In this context, to understand and to define ugliness; beauty is explained first in chapter II and III, both in philosophy and in art. In chapter IV, ugliness is described and exemplified in accordance to the art periods. In chapter V, the explanations of the selected examples of paintings that mention ugly in them from 17th century starting with Baroque and until the early 20th century ending with New Objectivity is explained. As a result, the aim is to show the importance of ugliness in the art of painting.