 Bosanquet’s fourth principal concern in aesthetics was with the role of art in the development of character. In several early essays (from 1886 to 1890), he emphasised how art leads to an expansion of the self—of the artist, in creating the work of art, but also of the spectator, in appreciating the work. (Bosanquet followed William Morris and John Ruskin in holding that this result follows as much from “artistic handiwork” as from “fine art”.) In the short term, aesthetic appreciation leads to a greater ability to appreciate not only art but life. But, as indicated earlier, Bosanquet also maintains that in the long term—here, agreeing with Hegel—art is a vehicle for the recognition of insights concerning the unity of reality, and for an experience of something greater than ourselves. 