A Critical Dissertation on the Nature and Principles of Taste, Том 1Sherwood, Jones, 1823 - 408 страница |
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... Beauty and Sublimity have been generally con- sidered the proper objects of taste ; but beauty and sublimity are , in themselves , qualities so occult in their nature , that they have hitherto eluded the exploring and detecting acumen ...
... Beauty and Sublimity have been generally con- sidered the proper objects of taste ; but beauty and sublimity are , in themselves , qualities so occult in their nature , that they have hitherto eluded the exploring and detecting acumen ...
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... Beauty ... .... CHAP . II . 1 On Beauty abstractedly considered as an Object of Taste 42 CHAP . III . On the Standard of Taste ... CHAP . IV . On the Taste of particular Ages and Nations ; and the Necessity of studying the Ancient ...
... Beauty ... .... CHAP . II . 1 On Beauty abstractedly considered as an Object of Taste 42 CHAP . III . On the Standard of Taste ... CHAP . IV . On the Taste of particular Ages and Nations ; and the Necessity of studying the Ancient ...
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... Beauty . WHOEVER Would make himself acquainted with the original archetypes of beauty that exist in nature , or with the imitative beauties of art , whe- ther presented through the medium of language or of painting , whether they ...
... Beauty . WHOEVER Would make himself acquainted with the original archetypes of beauty that exist in nature , or with the imitative beauties of art , whe- ther presented through the medium of language or of painting , whether they ...
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... beauty consists . If the qualities of beauty were fixed and invariable , an acquaintance with them would render our ideas of taste as fixed and per- manent , nor would it longer be pronounced that volatile and airy faculty which will ...
... beauty consists . If the qualities of beauty were fixed and invariable , an acquaintance with them would render our ideas of taste as fixed and per- manent , nor would it longer be pronounced that volatile and airy faculty which will ...
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... beauty in an object , but in a passive faculty of being pleased at their presence , it is possible to have a perfect knowledge of beauty without any taste ; and the best connoisseur can have NATURE AND PRINCIPLES OF TASTE . 5.
... beauty in an object , but in a passive faculty of being pleased at their presence , it is possible to have a perfect knowledge of beauty without any taste ; and the best connoisseur can have NATURE AND PRINCIPLES OF TASTE . 5.
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