The essentials of aesthetics in music, poetry, painting, sculpture and architecture (1909)
Raymond, George Lansing, 1839-1929 · New York : G.P. Putnam · leaf 381
nChapter III. of this book is said to separate that whichis done with a utilitarian aim and an aesthetic. If a formof outline naturally fitting into the shape of an uprightelliptical figure, be the one which requires, to recogniseit, the least visual activity, work, or effort, then thisform must be… … FIG. 78.~VASES OUTLINED BY ELLIPSES AND CIRCLES.353 23 See page 355. 354 THE ESSENTIALS OF ESTHETICS. fitted to be perceived, which is the exact etymologicalmeaning of the word cestJictic. This fact furnishes thebest possible justification for calling the curve—particu-larly, as we shall notice…
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