Beauty in HP (WAS: Re: THEORY: Hogwarts curriculum)

[Phyllis]

No: HPFGUIDX 112510

Kneasy wrote:

> Oh - has anyone come across anything described as 'beautiful' in the
> books? Can't recall it myself. A society with no concept of beauty -
> how primitive can you get?

Admittedly, the word "beautiful" isn't used often in the books, but I 
can think of a few instances off the top of my head:

The first time Harry sees Dumbledore's office in CoS:  "It was a 
large and *beautiful* circular room..." (Ch. 12).

When Dumbledore describes what we later learn to be the Room of 
Requirement at the Yule Ball: "I took a wrong turning on the way to 
the bathroom and found myself in a *beautifully* proportioned room I 
have never seen before..." (GoF, Ch. 23).

The statue of the witch in the Fountain of Magical Brethren is 
described as "beautiful" (OotP, Ch. 7).

~Phyllis