Marius the Epicurean

Walter Horatio Pater (1839–1894) was a noteworthy English essayist, literary and art critic, and fiction writer who played a significant role in the Aesthetic Movement of the 19th century. Best known for his seminal work 'Studies in the History of the Renaissance' (1873), Pater's examination of the Renaissance period combined rigorous scholarship with an elegant prose style that encouraged readers...