Art and beauty
What art is for and why beauty moves us.
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Plato The RepublicThe RepublicPlato · c. 375 BCEOn 8 lists
SymposiumPlato · c. 380 BCEOn 7 lists
Miguel de Cervantes Don QuixoteDon QuixoteMiguel de Cervantes · 1605-1615On 7 lists
The TempestWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1611On 6 lists
PoeticsAristotle · c. 335 BCEOn 5 lists
To the LighthouseVirginia Woolf · 1927On 5 lists
PhaedrusPlato · c. 370 BCEOn 4 lists
Plotinus The EnneadsThe EnneadsPlotinus · c. 253On 4 lists
Sappho If Not, Winter: Fragments of SapphoIf Not, Winter: Fragments of SapphoSappho · c. 600 BCEOn 3 listsThe Great BooksThe FrogsAristophanesThe FrogsAristophanes · 405 BCEOn 3 lists
Ovid MetamorphosesMetamorphosesOvid · 8 CEOn 3 listsThe Great BooksSonnetsWilliam ShakespeareSonnetsWilliam Shakespeare · 1609On 3 lists
Isaac Newton OpticksOpticksIsaac Newton · 1704On 3 lists
Madame BovaryGustave Flaubert · 1857On 3 lists
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManJames Joyce · 1916On 3 lists
Concerning the Harmonies of the WorldJohannes Kepler · 1619On 2 lists
English Minor PoemsJohn Milton · 1629-1673On 2 listsThe Great BooksCritique of JudgmentImmanuel KantImmanuel Kant Critique of JudgmentCritique of JudgmentImmanuel Kant · 1790On 2 lists
James Boswell Life of Samuel JohnsonLife of Samuel JohnsonJames Boswell · 1791On 2 listsThe Great BooksPoemsWilliam WordsworthPoemsWilliam Wordsworth · 1798-1850On 2 listsThe Great BooksPoemsJohn KeatsPoemsJohn Keats · 1816-1820On 2 lists
Marcel Proust Swann's WaySwann's WayMarcel Proust · 1913On 2 listsThe Great BooksA Room of One's OwnVirginia WoolfA Room of One's OwnVirginia Woolf · 1929On 2 lists
IonPlato · c. 390 BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksEcloguesVirgilEcloguesVirgil · c. 39 BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksOdes and EpodesHoraceOdes and EpodesHorace · 30-13 BCEOn 1 list
WorksLucian · c. 160-180On 1 listThe Great BooksOn MusicBoethiusOn MusicBoethius · c. 500On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Translator of DesiresIbn ArabiThe Translator of DesiresIbn Arabi · c. 1215On 1 listThe Great BooksThe New LifeDante AlighieriThe New LifeDante Alighieri · c. 1293-1295On 1 listThe Great BooksPurgatorioDante AlighieriPurgatorioDante Alighieri · c. 1314-1316On 1 listThe Great BooksNotebooksLeonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci NotebooksNotebooksLeonardo da Vinci · c. 1478-1519On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniBenvenuto CelliniBenvenuto Cellini The Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniThe Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniBenvenuto Cellini · 1558On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Defense of PoesyPhilip SidneyThe Defense of PoesyPhilip Sidney · c. 1580On 1 listThe Great BooksEpithalamionEdmund SpenserEpithalamionEdmund Spenser · 1595On 1 list
A Midsummer Night's DreamWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1595-1596On 1 listThe Great BooksProthalamionEdmund SpenserProthalamionEdmund Spenser · 1596On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Winter's TaleWilliam ShakespeareThe Winter's TaleWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1610-1611On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Critique of the School for WivesMolièreThe Critique of the School for WivesMolière · 1663On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Lives of Donne and HerbertIzaak WaltonThe Lives of Donne and HerbertIzaak Walton · 1640On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Would-Be GentlemanMolièreThe Would-Be GentlemanMolière · 1670On 1 list
Selected WorksSor Juana Inés de la Cruz · 1680s-1691On 1 listThe Great BooksAn Essay on CriticismAlexander PopeAn Essay on CriticismAlexander Pope · 1711On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Rape of the LockAlexander PopeThe Rape of the LockAlexander Pope · 1712On 1 listThe Great BooksSt. Matthew PassionJohann Sebastian BachSt. Matthew PassionJohann Sebastian Bach · 1727On 1 listThe Great BooksEssays, Moral and PoliticalDavid HumeEssays, Moral and PoliticalDavid Hume · 1741-1742On 1 listThe Great BooksA Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and BeautifulEdmund BurkeA Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and BeautifulEdmund Burke · 1757On 1 listThe Great BooksOf the Standard of TasteDavid HumeOf the Standard of TasteDavid Hume · 1757On 1 listThe Great BooksRameau's NephewDenis DiderotRameau's NephewDenis Diderot · c. 1761On 1 listThe Great BooksPreface to ShakespeareSamuel JohnsonPreface to ShakespeareSamuel Johnson · 1765On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Lives of the PoetsSamuel JohnsonSamuel Johnson The Lives of the PoetsThe Lives of the PoetsSamuel Johnson · 1779-1781On 1 listThe Great BooksLetters upon the Aesthetic Education of ManFriedrich SchillerLetters upon the Aesthetic Education of ManFriedrich Schiller · 1795On 1 listThe Great BooksLyrical BalladsWilliam WordsworthLyrical BalladsWilliam Wordsworth · 1798On 1 listThe Great BooksOn the Tragedies of ShakespeareCharles LambOn the Tragedies of ShakespeareCharles Lamb · 1811On 1 listThe Great BooksPoetry and TruthJohann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe Poetry and TruthPoetry and TruthJohann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1811-1833On 1 listThe Great BooksBiographia LiterariaSamuel Taylor ColeridgeSamuel Taylor Coleridge Biographia LiterariaBiographia LiterariaSamuel Taylor Coleridge · 1817On 1 list
Lord Byron Don JuanDon JuanLord Byron · 1819-1824On 1 listThe Great BooksRomantic Poetry ReaderVarious authorsRomantic Poetry ReaderVarious authors · c. 1789-1832On 1 listThe Great BooksA Defence of PoetryPercy Bysshe ShelleyA Defence of PoetryPercy Bysshe Shelley · 1821On 1 listThe Great BooksAdonaisPercy Bysshe ShelleyAdonaisPercy Bysshe Shelley · 1821On 1 listThe Great BooksOf Persons One Would Wish to Have SeenWilliam HazlittOf Persons One Would Wish to Have SeenWilliam Hazlitt · 1826On 1 listThe Great BooksCromwellVictor HugoVictor Hugo CromwellCromwellVictor Hugo · 1827On 1 listThe Great BooksPoemsSamuel Taylor ColeridgePoemsSamuel Taylor Coleridge · 1796-1834On 1 listThe Great BooksIntroductory Lectures on AestheticsG. W. F. HegelIntroductory Lectures on AestheticsG. W. F. Hegel · 1820On 1 listThe Great BooksTalesHans Christian AndersenTalesHans Christian Andersen · 1835-1872On 1 listThe Great BooksSir Walter ScottThomas CarlyleSir Walter ScottThomas Carlyle · 1838On 1 listThe Great BooksByron and GoetheGiuseppe MazziniByron and GoetheGiuseppe Mazzini · 1839On 1 listThe Great BooksPoemsRobert BrowningPoemsRobert Browning · 1842-1864On 1 list
PoemsEdgar Allan Poe · 1827-1849On 1 listThe Great BooksRepresentative MenRalph Waldo EmersonRepresentative MenRalph Waldo Emerson · 1850On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Poetic PrincipleEdgar Allan PoeThe Poetic PrincipleEdgar Allan Poe · 1848On 1 listThe Great BooksWhat Is a Classic?Charles Augustin Sainte-BeuveWhat Is a Classic?Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve · 1850On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Poetry of the Celtic RacesErnest RenanThe Poetry of the Celtic RacesErnest Renan · 1854On 1 listThe Great BooksTristan and IsoldeRichard WagnerTristan and IsoldeRichard Wagner · 1857On 1 listThe Great BooksSesame and LiliesJohn RuskinSesame and LiliesJohn Ruskin · 1865On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Study of PoetryMatthew ArnoldThe Study of PoetryMatthew Arnold · 1880On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Master BuilderHenrik IbsenThe Master BuilderHenrik Ibsen · 1892On 1 listThe Great BooksWhat Is Art?Leo TolstoyWhat Is Art?Leo Tolstoy · 1897On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Theory of the Leisure ClassThorstein VeblenThe Theory of the Leisure ClassThorstein Veblen · 1899On 1 listThe Great BooksThe AmbassadorsHenry JamesHenry James The AmbassadorsThe AmbassadorsHenry James · 1903On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Life of ReasonGeorge SantayanaGeorge Santayana The Life of ReasonThe Life of ReasonGeorge Santayana · 1905-1906On 1 listThe Great BooksScience and MethodHenri PoincaréScience and MethodHenri Poincaré · 1908On 1 listThe Great BooksHymns of the Christian ChurchVarious authorsHymns of the Christian ChurchVarious authors · 1910On 1 listThe Great BooksDeath in VeniceThomas MannDeath in VeniceThomas Mann · 1912On 1 listThe Great BooksIn Search of Lost TimeMarcel ProustMarcel Proust In Search of Lost TimeIn Search of Lost TimeMarcel Proust · 1913-1927On 1 listThe Great BooksLectures on the Harvard ClassicsWilliam Allan NeilsonWilliam Allan Neilson Lectures on the Harvard ClassicsLectures on the Harvard ClassicsWilliam Allan Neilson · 1914On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Waning of the Middle AgesJohan HuizingaJohan Huizinga The Waning of the Middle AgesThe Waning of the Middle AgesJohan Huizinga · 1919On 1 listThe Great BooksArt and ScholasticismJacques MaritainArt and ScholasticismJacques Maritain · 1920On 1 listThe Great BooksSix Characters in Search of an AuthorLuigi PirandelloSix Characters in Search of an AuthorLuigi Pirandello · 1921On 1 listThe Great BooksExperience and NatureJohn DeweyJohn Dewey Experience and NatureExperience and NatureJohn Dewey · 1925On 1 listThe Great BooksAdventures of IdeasAlfred North WhiteheadAdventures of IdeasAlfred North Whitehead · 1933On 1 listThe Great BooksAnalytical PsychologyCarl JungAnalytical PsychologyCarl Jung · 1935On 1 list
A Mathematician's ApologyG. H. Hardy · 1940On 1 list
CitizenClaudia Rankine · 2014On 1 list