An Analytical Inquiry Into the Principles of Taste

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T. Payne, 1806 - Aesthetics - 473 pages
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Contents

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
Idiom in Language Rhythm Prosody
17
Mixed Qualities and Sensationshow separatedor
18
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Verse considered in the Abstract
20
Its Organs 2 Primary or simple Sensation 3 Variation
21
Consequence of Mr Burkes Doctrine of Beauty
22
Mr Burkes System compared with that of Sir Joshua Reynolds
23
Illustrated by Examples of the Temples of Vesta and Indian Domes
24
Irritation
25
Beauties of Colour and Form in Animals Ap propriated Beauties of particular Kinds de pending on Habit Irregularity
26
Sexual Predilectionstheir Influence and Ef fects
27
Force of Lightas reflected
28
As acting directly upon the Eye Mr Burkes Error
29
OF TOUCH
30
Its Modes and LimitsSmoothness 2 Sexual SympathiesIrritation
31
Difficulty of considering Sensation alone
32
Titillation 4 Sir Joshua Reynoldss Position confirmed 5 Internal Stimuli 6 External Stimuli in Plants 7 Sensation of Plants organic Sensations in gener...
33
Progress of Perception
34
Its Effect in reducing the Pleasures of Sense
35
Its Principles
36
Buildings of the Goths Celts Scandinavians
37
Ideasaccording to Plato
38
Rise and Progress of Monastic or Cathedral Gothic
39
Sacred Architecture of the Greeks and Romans
40
Inproperly copied and applied to Houses
41
Scepticism 11 Its Origin 12 Inverted Action of the Nerves Cessation
42
Ancient Coins c why interesting
43
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
Their Grandeur and Sublimity
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
Pastoral Love in Theocritus
65
Forms appropriate to Sculpture
66
Sculpturesque
67
68 Grottesque
68
Distance
69
Classical
70
Visible Magnitude 5 Error of Mr Burke
79
His general Mistake of Ideas for Things
80
Deceptions of Sexual and Social Sympathies Mistatement
81
Regularity and Irregularity in Features
82
Ease Grace Elegance and Dignity of Gesture and Attitude
83
Belong to Character and Expression and not to particular Lines and Forms
84
In inanimate as well as animal Bodies
85
Dignity and Elegance wherein different
86
Dancing
87
Grace of Savages
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
100
Mixed Architecture 102 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
Whether negative or affirmative
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
123
Instanced in Dr Blairs Criticism on a Passage of Pope
124
Criticism examined
125
The Passage justified by others from Euripides and Shakespeare
126
PERCEPTION
127
Abuse of Words
128
other
169
Artificial Perceptionhow far independent of organic Sensation
172
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
Probability in Epic Fiction 11 In Dramatic
272
Oratory 14 Acting
282
Epic and Dramatic License in Fiction their Difference
309
Roman Mime of Laureolus 9 Fights of Gladiators
328
Treatise on Oriental Gardening Experiments
382
tried
425
Imitative
431

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Page 349 - Above them all the archangel: but his face Deep scars of thunder had intrench'd; and care Sat on his faded cheek; but under brows .Of dauntless courage, and considerate pride Waiting revenge; cruel his eye, but cast Signs of remorse and passion...
Page 389 - Fair laughs the Morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes: Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm: Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That hush'd in grim repose expects his evening prey.
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Page 391 - Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Page 9 - Bush, I do not know whether I am singular in my Opinion, but, for my own part, I would rather look upon a Tree in all its Luxuriancy and Diffusion of Boughs and Branches, than when it is thus cut and trimmed into a Mathematical Figure; and cannot but fancy that an Orchard in Flower looks infinitely more delightful than all the little Labyrinths of the most finished Parterre...
Page 389 - Mighty victor, mighty lord, Low on his funeral couch he lies! No pitying heart, no eye, afford A tear to grace his obsequies.
Page 120 - With all perfections, so inflame my sense With ardour to enjoy thee, fairer now Than ever, bounty of this virtuous tree. So said he, and forbore not glance or toy Of amorous intent, well understood Of Eve, whose eye darted contagious fire. Her hand he...
Page 363 - When danger or pain press too nearly, they are incapable of giving any delight, and are simply terrible; but at certain distances, and with certain modifications, they may be, and they are delightful, as we every day experience.

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