Published in Languages and Cultures in Tradition

In Confessiones, Saint Augustine mentions his lost treatise De Pulchro et Apto. Throughout his life, the African philosopher did not write another specific essay on beauty, but in his immense collection of books he repeatedly addresses this theme. By gathering scattered literary fragments, this article proposes a possible approach to reconstruct the aesthetic concept of the Bishop of Hippo based on his understanding of Beauty, Harmony and Order as essential conditions of artistic ability.