. Painting, sculpture, and architecture as representative arts : an essay in comparative aesthetics. FIQ. 63.—NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. See pages 115, 118, 119, 120, 124,169, 177, 179. REPMESEXTATIOX THROUGJI FIUMAX SHATK 1 I. The eye is the mimetic centre of thought ; themoutli is the expressive centre of feeling and sensuality. The woman whose eyes inspire us with love,makes us enthusiastic, exalts us, throws us into an intel-lectual ecstasy ; but she whose mouth fascinates us, claspsus in her arms. The eye is the azure heaven to which noone may attain ; the mouth is the earth with its perfumes,it
. Painting, sculpture, and architecture as representative arts : an essay in comparative aesthetics. FIQ. 63.—NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. See pages 115, 118, 119, 120, 124,169, 177, 179. REPMESEXTATIOX THROUGJI FIUMAX SHATK 1 I. The eye is the mimetic centre of thought ; themoutli is the expressive centre of feeling and sensuality. The woman whose eyes inspire us with love,makes us enthusiastic, exalts us, throws us into an intel-lectual ecstasy ; but she whose mouth fascinates us, claspsus in her arms. The eye is the azure heaven to which noone may attain ; the mouth is the earth with its perfumes,its warmth, and the deep de-lights of its fruits. The samewriter quotes from Herder thestatement that the upper lipreveals our inclinations, appe-tites, affectionate distress ; prideand anger make it curl ; craftand cunning make it thin ; good-ness bends it ; dissolutenessweakens and debases it ; loveand the passions become incar-nate in it with an ineffablecharm. Lavater in his Physi-ognom\, divides mouths thus: (i) The mouths in whichthe upper lip projects a little (notice that this upper lipis nearest the middle of the face where mental and vitalexpressions are most nearly combined, and all expressionis therefor
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