study of beauty
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A synthesis of these tendencies in the study of beauty is needed, in which the results of modern psychology shall help to make intelligible a philosophical theory of beauty.
From The Psychology of Beauty by Ethel Dench Puffer Howes
It had occurred, however, to Roemer Visscher only that the path of literary honour lay, not along the utilitarian road cut out by Maerlant and Boendale, but in the study of beauty and antiquity.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
This led inevitably to imitation, over-refinement of style, and conscious study of beauty, resulting in mannerism and affectation.
From A Text-Book of the History of Painting by John Charles Van Dyke
The study of beauty has several very formidable enemies.
From The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
The study of beauty was his only joy for years onward.
From The Well-Beloved by Thomas Hardy
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