Beauty

[Anonymous No.11170157]

What are the greatest literary works that examine beauty and the philosophy around it?

[Anonymous No.11170160]

>>11170157

Death in Venice

[Anonymous No.11170163]

>>11170160
Came here to say this

[Anonymous No.11170174]

Literally anything by Dante, especially La Vita Nuova

[Anonymous No.11170179]

>>11170160
What Greek myths should I be familiar with before going into it?

[Anonymous No.11170189]

Mishima had a pretty specific brand of beauty but him.

Kawabata's Snow Country as well I think had the theme of decaying beauty.

[Anonymous No.11170242]

>>11170157
The age of innocence by David Hamilton.

[Anonymous No.11170272]

>>11170157
Most every Decadent work (Oscar Wilde, Huysmans, D'Annunzio)

[Anonymous No.11170548]

>>11170242
That's a nice collection. I used to have a few of those, and a couple of his portfolios, but eventually sold them off. I just didn't look at them enough once I got out of my teens.

[Anonymous No.11171096]

>>11170548
I'd never buy the portfolio's as they're going for 250-500 dollars now and only for 12 portraits. I crossed the line in going for the collection and now have another 6 books to add to that stack (1 arrived, 5 more in the mail) and will try to buy the rest one by one. I'm not going to get the Japanese books though which I think are 5 in total.

Its really a burden when you decide to go all in and collect something because untill you complete it you cant stop thinking about it and its raping my wallet, of which is only filled by welfare t b h.

And I would never sell mine. I don't care for them like porn. Infact I started with La Danse, Flowers and Venice and they're still my favourites. I just love the the photography and the pure beauty and culture it captures so much that I decided now is the only time to go for the collection otherwise it will only become more expensive if not impossible to hunt down in the future.

[Anonymous No.11171108]

>>11170242
>>11170548
>>11171096
Also helps in the fact that I'll never sell them that I dont care too much if they're damaged ie the dust cover's being torn and tattered. This helps in buying them as I picked up several for less than half of what they sell for on average simply because the dust cover was in bad condition compared to mint.

[Anonymous No.11171483]

Are there any works that deal with being shut out from beauty?

[Anonymous No.11171494]

>>11171483
Gulag Archipelago.

[Anonymous No.11171502]

>>11170157
On beauty by zadie smith
Also is that pictures taken on south west trains?