Beauty & Art - A Collection of Essays

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: 'The Use of Beauty', 'A Psychological Art Fancy', 'A Study of Artistic Personality', 'Beauty and Sanity', 'Art and Usefulness', 'Tuscan Sculpture', and 'The Beautiful - An Introduction to Psychological Aesthetics'. Other notable works by this author include: 'The Prince of the Hundred Soups: A Puppet Show in Narrative' (1883), 'The Countess of Albany' (1884), and 'Miss Brown' (1884). Read & Co. Great Essays is proudly publishing this brand new collection of essays complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.