58 Art Symbols Of Beauty . Without the slightest doubt beauty is in the eye of the beholder yet it consistently appears that beauty generally is observed in nature or in an image which symbolizes nature such as a yantra. While venus symbolizes love, beauty and art, mercury represents intellect and reason. The star around which the earth and other planets orbit, the sun represents the self, life, power, glory, foresight and vision. Symmetrical objects create an image from which only one type of focus is permitted, into the image.