Портрет художника в юности
Chapter 5
ThemindinthatmysteriousinstantShelleylikenedbeautifullytoafadingcoal.Theinstantwhereinthatsupremequalityofbeauty,theclearradianceoftheestheticimage,isapprehendedluminouslybythemindwhichhasbeenarrestedbyitswholenessandfascinatedbyitsharmonyistheluminoussilentstasisofestheticpleasure,aspiritualstateveryliketothatcardiacconditionwhichtheItalianphysiologistLuigiGalvani,usingaphrasealmostasbeautifulasShelley’s,calledtheenchantmentoftheheart.
Stephenpausedand,thoughhiscompaniondidnotspeak,feltthathiswordshadcalleduparoundthemathought-enchantedsilence.
—WhatIhavesaid,hebeganagain,referstobeautyinthewidersenseoftheword,inthesensewhichthewordhasintheliterarytradition.Inthemarketplaceithasanothersense.Whenwespeakofbeautyinthesecondsenseofthetermourjudgementisinfluencedinthefirstplacebytheartitselfandbytheformofthatart.Theimage,itisclear,mustbesetbetweenthemindorsensesoftheartisthimselfandthemindorsensesofothers.Ifyoubearthisinmemoryyouwillseethatartnecessarilydividesitselfintothreeformsprogressingfromonetothenext.Theseformsare:thelyricalform,theformwhereintheartistpresentshisimageinimmediaterelationtohimself;theepicalform,theformwhereinhepresentshisimageinmediaterelationtohimselfandtoothers;thedramaticform,theformwhereinhepresentshisimageinimmediaterelationtoothers.
