Rivers Johnson - Is Beauty Universal?

One question that's been running through my head while taking Search for Beauty is does beauty translate across cultures? Does culture apply to beauty? It seems like the answer would be obviously yes because we see and hear art from other cultures all the time that we can appreciate as beautiful. But think of it this way: do we see the art of another culture the same way they do? I tend to doubt it. If this is true, wouldn't the beauty we derive from another culture's artwork merely be a translation of their concept of beauty to our own culture's concept of beauty? A translation maintains the idea of the original content, but it always adds it's own twist, creating entirely new content.