Project Gutenberg 2010-05-12 Public domain in the USA. 196 Lee, Vernon 1856 1935 Paget, Violet Belcaro; Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions The book and its title -- The child in the Vatican -- Orpheus and Eurydice -- Faustus and Helena -- Chapelmaster Kreisler -- Cherubino -- In Umbria -- Ruskinism -- A dialogue on poetic morality -- Postscript or apology. Produced by Delphine Lettau and the Online Distributed Proofreading Canada Team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net "Belcaro; Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions" by Vernon Lee is a collection of essays reflecting on various aesthetic themes, likely written in the late 19th century. The work reveals the author’s thoughts and explorations on art, particularly its relationship to the individual artist and the audience. This book serves as a platform for the author's personal encounters with various forms of art, encompassing themes drawn from music, painting, and classical literature. The opening of the collection begins with a dedication that sets a personal tone, suggesting the author's intimate relationship with the subject matter. Lee elaborates on the nature and intent of the book, emphasizing that it serves as a compilation of her evolving ideas about art that are not meant to teach but rather to share a personal exploration of aesthetic appreciation. She reflects on an experience at Belcaro castle, which inspired her to collect her observations and analyses, hinting at a narrative that intertwines personal reflection with broader aesthetic discussions. The subsequent chapter introduces children in the Vatican, juxtaposing their innocence and unfiltered reactions to art with the imposing, lifeless forms of statuary, further setting the stage for deeper inquiries into art's impact on perception and emotion. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 46.7 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Aesthetics PR Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: Art 531027 2025-08-13T08:26:20.638896 text/html 527930 2010-05-12T05:49:56 text/html 289682 2025-08-13T08:26:28.727864 application/epub+zip 293864 2025-08-13T08:26:23.988864 application/epub+zip 275901 2025-08-13T08:26:22.745918 application/epub+zip 523606 2025-08-13T08:26:32.655819 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 502956 2025-08-13T08:26:27.897837 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 468876 2022-09-15T04:08:49.020675 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 512897 2025-08-13T08:26:20.043914 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 512544 2010-05-12T05:49:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 512642 2010-05-12T05:49:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20420 2025-08-13T08:26:32.791857 application/rdf+xml 16866 2025-08-13T08:26:23.255861 image/jpeg 3788 2025-08-13T08:26:23.002874 image/jpeg 195509 2010-05-12T05:50:00 application/octet-stream application/zip 200379 2010-05-12T05:50:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 195439 2010-05-12T05:50:00 application/octet-stream application/zip 287178 2025-08-13T08:26:20.683869 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