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line of beauty

line of beauty In this historical aesthetic usage, the line of beauty is a curved, serpentine or waving line that Hogarth treated as the most pleasing kind of outline.

In this historical aesthetic usage, the line of beauty is a curved, serpentine or waving line that Hogarth treated as the most pleasing kind of outline. Its beauty was linked to the variety in its shape, and he also connected the serpentine form with the phrase line of grace.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Line of Beauty” (Line of Beauty).
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