Vernon Lee

The Beautiful - An Introduction to Psychological Aesthetics


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      THE BEAUTIFUL

      AN INTRODUCTION TO

      PSYCHOLOGICAL AESTHETICS

       By

      VERNON LEE

       First published in 1913

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      Contents

       Vernon Lee

       CHAPTER I

       THE ADJECTIVE "BEAUTIFUL"

       CHAPTER II

       CONTEMPLATIVE SATISFACTION

       CHAPTER III

       ASPECTS VERSUS THINGS

       CHAPTER IV

       SENSATIONS

       CHAPTER V

       PERCEPTION OF RELATIONS

       CHAPTER VI

       ELEMENTS OF SHAPE

       CHAPTER VII

       FACILITY AND DIFFICULTY OF GRASPING

       CHAPTER VIII

       SUBJECT AND OBJECT

       CHAPTER IX

       EMPATHY

       CHAPTER X

       THE MOVEMENT OF LINES

       CHAPTER XI

       THE CHARACTER OF SHAPES

       CHAPTER XII

       FROM THE SHAPE TO THE THING

       CHAPTER XIII

       FROM THE THING TO THE SHAPE

       CHAPTER XIV

       THE AIMS OF ART

       CHAPTER XV

       ATTENTION TO SHAPES

       CHAPTER XVI

       INFORMATION ABOUT THINGS

       CHAPTER XVII

       THE CO-OPERATION OF THINGS AND SHAPES

       CHAPTER XVIII

       AESTHETIC RESPONSIVENESS

       CHAPTER XIX

       THE STORAGE AND TRANSFER OF EMOTION

       CHAPTER XX

       AESTHETIC IRRADIATION AND PURIFICATION