CHAPTER VI.--The Elements of Beauty 72

SECTION I.--Elements of Beauty in Inanimate Beings 74

SECTION II.--Elements of Beauty in Living Beings 88

SECTION III.--Elements of Beauty in Thinking Beings 93

SECTION IV.--Elements of Beauty as employed in Objects of Art 103

Beauty of Useful Objects 104

Beauty of Ornamental Objects 108

Beauty of Intellectual Objects 113

Summary of this Chapter 120

APPENDIX to the Preceding Chapters 123

SECTION I.--Nature of the Picturesque 123

SECTION II.--Cause of Laughter 125

SECTION III.--Cause of the Pleasure received from Representations exciting Pity 131