| Description |
xi, 171 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Secret -- 1. Hidden Cause -- 2. David Garrick's Stomach -- 3. Harmony of the Spheres -- 4. Law of the Whole -- 5. Friendship of Parts -- Pt. 2. Power -- 6. Eye of the Beholder -- 7. Meaning of Pleasure -- 8. Why Beauty Moves Us to Tears -- 9. What We Should Be -- 10. Paradise -- Pt. 3. Rejection -- 11. Sociology of Taste -- 12. Perspective of Evolution -- 13. Fear -- Pt. 4. Discovery -- 14. Searching for a Standard of Taste -- 15. Education of the Eye -- 16. Education of the Heart -- 17. Styles of Happiness -- 18. Art of Existence |
| Summary |
In thinking about beauty, we are often caught between our desire to penetrate its secrets - to define beauty precisely and clearly label its parts - and, on the other hand, our desire to celebrate its mysterious power. This is a discursive and graceful journey through the various ways in which we have interpreted it, leading us from Hogarth's belief that the essence of beauty lies in shapely curves to Kant's discourse on the meaning of pleasure |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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On cover: Why happiness is in the eye of the beholder |
| Subject |
Happiness.
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Aesthetics.
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| LC no. |
2005440708 |
| ISBN |
0713994746 hardback |
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