. Dynamic factors in education . Fig. 18. In the exploitation of Fig. 15, one has experiences simi-lar to those gained with Fig. 14. In Figs. 16, 17, and 18,exploitation proceeds from near the base, in each case,upward and outward in the direction of the significant 238 THE ENSRGIC factor IN EDUCATION lines. Probably most people enjoy Fig. 17 more than theydo Fig. 16, because exploitation of curved lines is moreagreeable than angul9,r ones. In Fig. 19 there is a rotaryexploitation, from left to right; and most people find thefigure quite agreeable. These simple illustrations aredesigned to sho
. Dynamic factors in education . Fig. 18. In the exploitation of Fig. 15, one has experiences simi-lar to those gained with Fig. 14. In Figs. 16, 17, and 18,exploitation proceeds from near the base, in each case,upward and outward in the direction of the significant 238 THE ENSRGIC factor IN EDUCATION lines. Probably most people enjoy Fig. 17 more than theydo Fig. 16, because exploitation of curved lines is moreagreeable than angul9,r ones. In Fig. 19 there is a rotaryexploitation, from left to right; and most people find thefigure quite agreeable. These simple illustrations aredesigned to show that in apprehending any pure form,. Fig. 19. the ocular experience in exploiting it will largely deter-mine whether it will be agreeable or otherwise. Again, different complex forms influence one in differentways, through the sympathetic response of vital has said somewhere that when one emerges sud-denly from a wood, where his vision has been narrowlylimited, into the open ?y^rhere the scene spreads broadly inevery direction, his whole being will respond his own organism he simulates the things he looks THE EFFECT OF ESTHETIC INFLUENCES 239 upon. Vernon Lee, in some interesting studies relating to our reactions upon tlie forms in our environment, calls attention to the fact that when one stands under the great dome of St. Peters, his whole being expands in emulation of what he looks upon. Groos has dwelt at length upon the tendency of one to put himself en rapport with the thing which engages his attention, and while this is especially true of our experience with human beings, it is
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