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The Beautiful, by Vernon Lee
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Title: The Beautiful An Introduction to Psychological Aesthetics
Author: Vernon Lee
Release Date: October 17, 2008 [EBook #26942]
Language: English
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THE BEAUTIFUL
AN INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGICAL AESTHETICS
BY
VERNON LEE
Author of "Beauty and Ugliness" "Laurus Nobilis" etc.
Cambridge: at the University Press New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1913
[Illustration: title page]
With the exception of the coat of arms at the foot, the design on the title page is a reproduction of one used by the earliest known Cambridge printer, John Siberch, 1521
CONTENTS
Preface and Apology v I. The Adjective "Beautiful" 1 II. Contemplative Satisfaction 8 III. Aspects versus Things 14 IV. Sensations 22 V. Perception of Relations 29 VI. Elements of Shape 35 VII. Facility and Difficulty of Grasping 48 VIII. Subject and Object, or, Nominative a