Beauty & Art - A Collection of Essays e-bog

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. This volume contains a fantastic collection of Paget's best essays related to art or beauty that will appeal to those with a keen interest in aesthetics. Contents include: "e;The Use of Beauty"e;, "e;A Psychological Art Fancy"e;, "e;A Study of Artistic Personality"e;, "e;Beauty and Sanity"e;, "e;Art and Usefulness"e;, "e;Tuscan Sculpture"e;, and "e;The Beautiful - An Introduction to Psychological Aesthetics"e;. 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. Great Essays is proudly publishing this brand new collection of essays complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.