Beauty: illustrated by an analysis and classification of beauty in woman : with a critical view of the hypotheses of Hume, Hogarth, Burke, Knight, Alison, etc., and the hypotheses of beauty in sculpture and painting, by Leonardo da Vinci, Winckelmann, Mengs, Bossi, etc / by Alexander Walker.

  • Walker, Alexander.
Date:
1852
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Credit: Beauty: illustrated by an analysis and classification of beauty in woman : with a critical view of the hypotheses of Hume, Hogarth, Burke, Knight, Alison, etc., and the hypotheses of beauty in sculpture and painting, by Leonardo da Vinci, Winckelmann, Mengs, Bossi, etc / by Alexander Walker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. CHAP. PAGE I.—Importance of the Subject . .1 II.—Urgency of the Discussion of this Subject in relation to the Interests of Decency and Morality . .11 III. —Cautions to Youth . . ... 26 IV. ;—Nature of Beauty . . .38 V.—Standard of Taste in Beauty . . 49 VI.—The Elements of Beauty . . . .66 Section I.—Elements of Beauty in Inanimate beings 68 „ II.—Elements of Beauty in Living Beings . 83 „ III.—Elements of Beauty in Thinking Beings 89 v „ IV.—Elements of Beauty as employed in Objects of Art . . 100 Beauty of Useful Objects . . 100 Beauty of Ornamental Objects . 105 Beauty of Intellectual Objects 110 Summary of this Chapter . .119 Appendix to the preceding Chapters . . . 122 Section I.—Nature of the Picturesque . . 122 „ II.—Cause of Laughter . . . 125 III.—Cause of the Pleasure received from Representations exciting Pity . 130