Beautiful - An Introduction to Psychological Aesthetics

Violet Paget (1856-1935), also known under the pseudonym Vernon Lee, was a French-born British writer famous for her supernatural fiction and contributions to the field of aesthetics. She also wrote more than a dozen books on a variety of subjects ranging from music to travel, and today she is best remembered for her original ideas and amusing use of irony. First published in 1913, "e;The Beautiful - An Introduction to Psychological Aesthetics"e; is a collection of classic essays by Paget that explore the issue of beauty from a variety of angles, analysing the very nature of beauty and why it is enjoyed. Contents include: "e;The Adjective 'Beautiful'"e;, "e;Contemplative Satisfaction"e;, "e;Aspects Versus Things"e;, "e;Sensations"e;, "e;Perception of Relations"e;, "e;Elements of Shape"e;, "e;Facility and Difficulty of Grasping"e;, "e;Subject and Object"e;, "e;Empathy"e;, "e;The Movement of Lines"e;, "e;The Character of Shapes"e;, etc. Other notable works by this author include: "e;The Prince of the Hundred Soups: A Puppet Show in Narrative"e; (1883), "e;The Countess of Albany"e; (1884), and "e;Miss Brown"e; (1884). Read & Co. Science is proudly republishing this collection of classic essays now in a new edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.