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Full Idea
Pure visual form transports me to an infinitely sublime state of mind.
Gist of Idea
Visual form can create a sublime mental state
Source
Clive Bell (Art [1913], I.I)
Book Ref
Bell,Clive: 'Art' [nk 2010], p.11
A Reaction
Unusual for anyone to use to term 'sublime' for works of art, and I suspect that Bell was the last to do so. Bell offers a quasi-religious role for art. I accept that being struck by something exceptionally good in art is a very distinctive experience.