The Science of Beauty: An Analytical Inquiry Into the Laws of ÆstheticsTrübner & Company, 1881 - 200 páginas |
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... ornaments burnished and blazing ; they may seem like a glittering strand , or foam on a stream , or the sea breaking on the shore ; they may look like ladders bridg- ing chasms of the sky , or like lighthouses or watch towers ; they may ...
... ornaments burnished and blazing ; they may seem like a glittering strand , or foam on a stream , or the sea breaking on the shore ; they may look like ladders bridg- ing chasms of the sky , or like lighthouses or watch towers ; they may ...
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... ornaments . This order of composition is the appropriate province of prose ; the suggested metaphor or simile being less an ornament than a lesson ; we , therefore , begin here to trench upon ethics , and the examination must not go far ...
... ornaments . This order of composition is the appropriate province of prose ; the suggested metaphor or simile being less an ornament than a lesson ; we , therefore , begin here to trench upon ethics , and the examination must not go far ...
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... ornament consists in an imitation of nature . The key to architectural beauty , therefore , must be sought for in the pleasurable suggestiveness of such imitations , and its value in their success . Large buildings , such as churches ...
... ornament consists in an imitation of nature . The key to architectural beauty , therefore , must be sought for in the pleasurable suggestiveness of such imitations , and its value in their success . Large buildings , such as churches ...
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... ornament constructed for my drawing - room table which shall be a mere ornament and nothing more ; it shall not " I represent a bird , or a nest , 78 THE SCIENCE OF BEAUTY .
... ornament constructed for my drawing - room table which shall be a mere ornament and nothing more ; it shall not " I represent a bird , or a nest , 78 THE SCIENCE OF BEAUTY .
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... ornament , " I reply . " Well , but what is it for ? " he continues . " It is for nothing but ornament ; is it not a beautiful thing ? " I answer . " Nay , " Nay , ” persists my neighbour , " I cannot tell you whether it is beautiful or ...
... ornament , " I reply . " Well , but what is it for ? " he continues . " It is for nothing but ornament ; is it not a beautiful thing ? " I answer . " Nay , " Nay , ” persists my neighbour , " I cannot tell you whether it is beautiful or ...
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æsthetic analogies Author beauty birds C. M. Ingleby called cause Chinese cloth College colour contempt countenance Crown 8vo Demy 8vo DICTIONARY disgust emotion of admiration English Essay F. W. Newman fact Fcap feeling flowers French German GRAMMAR half bound Henry History human Illustrations India innate power intellect inutility inverse J. G. Fichte John John Dowson LANGUAGE less LL.D London look matter Max Müller mean mind moral motion nature never Notes object original ornament ourselves paper Percy Greg persons Ph.D phenomena PHILOSOPHY physiognomy Plates pleasant poem poet poetic poetry Post 8vo Post free principle Professor qualities Ralph T. H. Griffith RELIGION retina Royal 8vo Sanskrit Second Edition sensations sewed shape Songs sublime sweetness things Third Edition thou tion Translated ugly unpleasant utility vibrations viii Vocabulary W. R. Greg words wrapper