The Beautiful

The Beautiful

Vernon Lee, pseudonym of the British writer Violet Paget (1856-1935)


This ebook presents «The Beautiful», from Vernon Lee. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.


Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- PREFACE AND APOLOGY

-03- THE ADJECTIVE BEAUTIFUL

-04- CONTEMPLATIVE SATISFACTION

-05- ASPECTS VERSUS THINGS

-06- SENSATIONS

-07- PERCEPTION OF RELATIONS

-08- ELEMENTS OF SHAPE

-09- FACILITY AND DIFFICULTY OF GRASPING

-10- SUBJECT AND OBJECT

-11- EMPATHY

-12- THE MOVEMENT OF LINES

-13- THE CHARACTER OF SHAPES

-14- FROM THE SHAPE TO THE THING

-15- FROM THE THING TO THE SHAPE

-16- THE AIMS OF ART

-17- ATTENTION TO SHAPES

-18- INFORMATION ABOUT THINGS

-19- THE CO OPERATION OF THINGS AND SHAPES

-20- AESTHETIC RESPONSIVENESS

-21- THE STORAGE AND TRANSFER OF EMOTION

-22- AESTHETIC IRRADIATION AND PURIFICATION

-23- CONCLUSION, EVOLUTIONAL