... beauty, but analysis of their feasibility will determine how far we can either reject or move away from Kant's established principles. Before the argument is developed it is crucial to define Kant's notion of 'beautiful', this instructs that a beautiful object causes harmony in our Imagination and Understanding, once this reaches a pleasurable level, then beauty is felt. This basic premise can't be rejected, as it is the basic principle of beauty, accepted by almost all writers save Clive Bell. Bell rejects that beauty provokes emotions,1 but this is highly implausible in light of the overwhelmingly support given to Kant. We have concluded a basic understanding of how we judge beautiful objects, but it doesn't help us with a definitive concept of beauty. This is the most difficult question to tackle, as beauty is something we "feel" and "can never be said",2 setting the general flavour of all readings, surmising the ...

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