ABSTRACT
The Scholastic of the thirteenth century, fully awake to the psychological problem, gives ample attention to the impression that beauty makes. In the nature of this impression and in its factors, a leaning toward the Greek doctrines to which the Aristotelian and Platonic traditions gave a definite consistency: the aesthetic activity is an activity of perception; it is achieved in an enjoyment which is at the same time a stimulus and likewise a recompense. The contemplation of natural and artistic beauty is accompanied by a serene love and a penetrating delight. It is again in conformity with their intellectual theory that the Scholastics interpret both the one and the other. Beauty is called splendor of form, substantial or accidental, dominating the proportional and determined parts of matter. Medieval aesthetics is the final outgrowth of the Greek aesthetic, its logical conclusion.
