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The Beautiful

by Vernon Lee

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  1. 1Note
  2. 2An Introduction to Psychological Aesthetics
  3. 3Chapter I — The Adjective “Beautiful”
  4. 4Chapter II — Contemplative Satisfaction
  5. 5Chapter III — Aspects versus Things
  6. 6Chapter IV — Sensations
  7. 7Chapter V — Perception of Relations
  8. 8Chapter VI — Elements of Shape
  9. 9Chapter VII — Facility and Difficulty of Grasping
  10. 10Chapter VIII — Subject and Object
  11. 11Chapter IX — Empathy
  12. 12Chapter X — The Movement of Lines
  13. 13Chapter XI — The Character of Shapes
  14. 14Chapter XII — From the Shape to the Thing
  15. 15Chapter XIII — From the Thing to the Shape
  16. 16Chapter XIV — The Aims of Art
  17. 17Chapter XV — Attention to Shapes
  18. 18Chapter XVI — Information about Things
  19. 19Chapter XVII — The Co-Operation of Things and Shapes
  20. 20Chapter XVIII — Aesthetic Responsiveness
  21. 21Chapter XIX — The Storage and Transfer of Emotion
  22. 22Chapter XX — Aesthetic Irradiation and Purification
  23. 23Chapter XXI — Conclusion (Evolutional)

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