Project Gutenberg 2008-10-17 Public domain in the USA. 304 Lee, Vernon 1856 1935 Paget, Violet The Beautiful: An Introduction to Psychological Aesthetics Produced by Ruth Hart "The Beautiful: An Introduction to Psychological Aesthetics" by Vernon Lee is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. This work delves into the psychological underpinnings of aesthetic experiences, particularly focusing on the concept of beauty and how it relates to mental activities and perceptions. It aims to explore the nature of beauty by examining how it elicits specific responses and emotions from individuals when encountering various forms of art and nature. The opening of the text introduces the author’s intent to provide a non-technical exploration of aesthetics, aimed at readers without a psychological background. Lee discusses the fundamental concepts associated with beauty, highlighting that rather than defining beauty itself, he seeks to understand the mental states triggered when one perceives something as beautiful. He emphasizes the importance of contemplation and subjective experience over practical considerations, setting the stage for a deeper analysis of how our emotional responses to beauty shape our understanding of art and aesthetics throughout the book. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 33.2 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Psychology, Applied Aesthetics Form (Aesthetics) BH Text Browsing: Art & Photography Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology Category: Art Category: Psychiatry/Psychology Category: Philosophy & Ethics 249015 2025-06-11T07:35:38.736676 text/html 240709 2008-10-17T15:12:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 132151 2008-10-17T15:12:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 217287 2025-06-11T07:35:46.827664 application/epub+zip 220570 2025-06-11T07:35:42.624691 application/epub+zip 160441 2025-06-11T07:35:41.027691 application/epub+zip 495107 2025-06-11T07:35:49.737181 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 477303 2025-06-11T07:35:45.758648 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 232103 2022-09-12T12:02:07.935599 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 231054 2025-06-11T07:35:38.060712 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 230825 2008-10-17T15:12:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 84266 2008-10-17T15:12:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 230827 2008-10-17T15:12:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 84232 2008-10-17T15:12:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20829 2025-06-11T07:35:49.890127 application/rdf+xml 20083 2025-06-11T07:35:41.623692 image/jpeg 4270 2025-06-11T07:35:41.328667 image/jpeg 217986 2025-06-11T07:35:38.763720 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia