Download or read book Renaissance Fancies and Studies written by Vernon Lee and published by The Floating Press. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking critic who also made a name for herself as a writer of supernatural fiction, Violet Paget, writing under the name Vernon Lee, applied her unique analytical lens to the aesthetic and cultural sensibilities of numerous eras over the course of her career. This collection brings together a series of essays and responses to an array of art forms that blossomed during the fruitful Renaissance period, ranging from religious poetry to sculpture.