Walter Pater

Foreword; Part I. Introduction; Section 1. Pater Criticism; Section 2. Historical Preliminaries: 1. Art as creation; 2. Art as mimesis; Part II. Autonomous Art; Section 3. The Starting Point: 1. Scepticism; 2. The essay; 3. Defining human existence; 4. Expression; Section 4. Defining Art: 1. 'Art for art's sake'; 2. Impressionism; 3. Style; Section 5. The Problem of Orientation: 1. Beauty; 2. 'Postscript'; Part III. Art and History; Section 6. What Is History?: 1. Hegelian schematism; 2. Historicity; 3. 'House Beautiful'; Section 7. The Limits of Historical Legitimation: 1. Plato and Platonism; 2. Glaston de Latour; Part IV. Art and Myth; Section 8. The Ancient Gods: 1. Cult and ritual; 2. 'The myth of Demeter and Persephone'; 3. 'A study of Dionysis'; Section 9. The Limits of Mythical Legitimation: 1. 'Apollo in Picardy'; 2. Pater and Nietzche; Part V. The Aesthetic Existence; Section 10. Marius the Epicurean: 1. The form; 2. The problem; Section 11. Imaginary Portraits: 1. The form; 2. 'A Prince of Court Painters'; 3. Denys l'Auxerrois'; 4. 'Sebastian van Storck'; 5. 'Duke Carl of Rosenmold'; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Biographical addendum; Index of names; Index of subjects.