An Analytical Inquiry Into the Principles of Taste

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T. Payne, 1806 - Art - 473 pages

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As to the Sexes in Mankind
9
Mr Humes Opinion considered
10
Sexual Tastes of Brutes
11
Double Meaning of the word Taste
12
How violated in the dead Languages
13
How far addressed to organic Sense
14
Musical and Poetical Melody
15
Distance and Direction of Sounds
16
Their Grandeur and Sublimity
17
Mixed Qualities and Sensationshow separated
18
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19
Grottesques
20
Its Organs 2 Primary or simple Sensation 3 Variation
21
Irritation
22
Mr Burkes System compared with that of Sir Joshua Reynolds
23
Illustrated by Examples of the Temples of Vesta and Indian Domes
24
The latter further examined Mental Sympathies
25
Beauties of Colour and Form in Animals
26
Sexual Predilectionstheir Influence and Ef fects
27
Force of Lightas reflected
28
As acting directly upon the Eye Mr Burkes Error
29
Darkness Mr Burkes Notion of it examined
30
Other Privations compared with
31
Difficulty of considering Sensation alone
32
Particularly in Vision
33
Progress of Perception
34
Its Effect in reducing the Pleasures of Sense
35
Its Principles
36
Buildings of the Goths Celts Scandinavians
37
When employed in Houses and Villas
38
Rise and Progress of Monastic or Cathedral Gothic
39
Sacred Architecture of the Greeks and Romans
40
Improperly copied and applied to Houses
41
In Decorations of Grounds 43 Ancient Coins c why interesting 44 Symmetryin Animals
44
In different Individuals 6 Mixed Flavours 7 8 Vitiated and morbid Palates 9 Their Pleasures and Habits
45
Its Reasons
46
Its Origin and Progress
47
Refinement and Excessopposed to the Gothic Principle of Contrast
48
Scale by which the Eye measures
49
Consequent Effects of Proportion in St Peters
50
And of Contrast in Gothic Cathedrals
51
Of Intricacy and Extent
52
Lightness in Sculpture and Building
53
Errors of Imitation in Principles
54
Lightness in Painting Flowing Lines Rubens
55
Corregio
56
OF SIGHT
57
Sudden Love
58
Love as existing among civilized and savage Men and brute Animals comparatively con sidered
59
Power of Imagination
60
Sensual and Social or Sentimental Love
61
Metaphysical Love Petrarch Cowley Waller
62
His progressive Scale of the Sublime
63
Contrary in its Principles to the System of Lon ginus and all others known
64
Considered in its different Graduations of Re spect
65
Astonishment and Terror as applicable to him
66
Its Causes 2 Primary Effects Projection 3 Distance
69
Noxious and Innocent Tame and Wild Ani mals Game Cock
70
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Ulyssess
72
Destroying and preserving Powers compared as to Energy
73
as to the Effect of that Energy in the Sublime
74
Description and Reality compared
75
Illustrated by Virgils Bees
76
By Homers Moor Fowl
77
Acquired Tastes
78
Visible Magnitude 5 Error of Mr Burke
79
Degrees of Sensibility in the Organs Effects
88
Of the Greeks
89
Lines of Grace
90
Influence of Authority
91
Spiral Columns scooped Pediments
92
In Gardening
93
Clumps and Canals Terraces and Borders
94
Composition in Houses Offices and Plantations
95
Hanging Terraces
96
In the Coats of Animals 14 In Buildings Gardens Pieces of Water
97
Exemplified
98
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In Lodges Cottages Gateways
101
Situations
102
Sir John Vanbrugh
103
Mr Brown
104
Made Water
105
Walks
106
Smallness of Size
107
In Women In Animals or other Objects
108
Gradual Diminution or Tapering
109
General Rules
110
In Morals
111
Affections Abstract Principles
112
Their Effects
113
Pastoral Love in Theocritus
114
In Taste and Manners
115
Academies their Effect on
116
Accounted
117
Mechanical and liberal Arts their Difference
118
Feeling Sentiment and Science in Painting
119
In Sculpture
120
Public Schools of Rhetoric their Effect on the Latin Language
121
Freedom of Study its Effect on the Greek
122
On the English 124 Instanced in Dr Blairs Criticism on a Passage of Pope
123
Criticism examined
125
The Passage justified by others from Euripides and Shakespeare
126
tion Order of the Understanding
127
fective
129
All unvaried Continuity tires 2 Change therefore necessary 3 The Cause of corrupt Taste In Literature 4 In
171
Artificial Perceptionhow far independent of organic Sensation
172
Sculpture compared with Painting 66 Forms appropriate to Sculpture
192
Sculpturesque
193
Grottesque
194
Other distinct Characters as 70 Classical 71 Romantic
195
Pastoral
196
Uniformity and Regularity
198
Irregularity and Mutilation 77 As affecting general Characteristics or Mental Sympathies
200
As differently perceived by the Mind or the Eye 79 Mr Prices Illustration 80 His general Mistake of Ideas for Things 81 Deceptions of Sexual and So...
205
Regularity and Irregularity in Features and Attitudes
210
Their moral Effects
238
OF JUDGMENT
262
Judgment in what it consists 2 Reason as applied to Taste 3 Demonstration and Analogy 4 Laws of Nature 5 In Matters of Demonstration in Matters o...
264
Use of the Distinction 7 8 Illustrated by Instances 9 Aristotles Opinion examined 10 Probability in Epic Fiction 11 In Dramatic
272
Oratory 14 Acting
282
Fiction and Reality
283
Epic and Dramatic License in Fiction their Difference
309
Roman Mime of Laureolus 9 Fights of Gladiators
328
Weakness False Delicacy
351
Timidity Modesty 36 Pliability Stubbornness Themistocles 37 Tenacity in Trifles
354
Otways Venice Preservd Shakespeares Julius Cæsar
356
Achilles
357
Treatise on Oriental Gardening Experiments
382
Abuse of Words
394
tried
425
Imitative
435
Michael Angelo
438

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