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... poetic and artistic turn , look at such things in a staid and thoughtful manner , deriving satisfaction , not from the colour as a feeling , but from what the coloured object suggests - in other words , being least subject to the ...
... poetic and artistic turn , look at such things in a staid and thoughtful manner , deriving satisfaction , not from the colour as a feeling , but from what the coloured object suggests - in other words , being least subject to the ...
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... poet look at a single bright star shining in the sky , they both have the same sensations ; but while the former can think of nothing but the colour , size , and brilliancy of the object , and is conse- quently but little affected by ...
... poet look at a single bright star shining in the sky , they both have the same sensations ; but while the former can think of nothing but the colour , size , and brilliancy of the object , and is conse- quently but little affected by ...
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... poetic similitudes , conjuring up sug- gestions and piecing out analogies , till you are again almost unconscious of your sensations . Thus , it will be seen , we never look impartially at an object - i.e . , we never take the optic THE ...
... poetic similitudes , conjuring up sug- gestions and piecing out analogies , till you are again almost unconscious of your sensations . Thus , it will be seen , we never look impartially at an object - i.e . , we never take the optic THE ...
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... poets would only confess it . Not only , therefore , are the sensations in a recognition of the beautiful subordinate in every case to the emotion of admiration , but , having once affected the senses , their presence becomes an ...
... poets would only confess it . Not only , therefore , are the sensations in a recognition of the beautiful subordinate in every case to the emotion of admiration , but , having once affected the senses , their presence becomes an ...
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... many other important astronomical problems ; he sees in it the Artemis of the Greeks and the Diana of the Romans ; and he recalls the mythological stories and poetic associations attached to this orb in the THE OBJECTIVE ELEMENT . 43.
... many other important astronomical problems ; he sees in it the Artemis of the Greeks and the Diana of the Romans ; and he recalls the mythological stories and poetic associations attached to this orb in the THE OBJECTIVE ELEMENT . 43.
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The Science of Beauty: An Analytical Inquiry Into the Laws of Æsthetics Avary H. Forbes Affichage du livre entier - 1881 |
The Science of Beauty: An Analytical Inquiry Into the Laws of Aesthetics Avary William Holmes- Forbes Aucun aperçu disponible - 2015 |
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æsthetic analogies appear associations Author beauty birds called capable cause Chinese cloth College colour contempt countenance Crown 8vo Demy 8vo DICTIONARY disgust emotion of admiration English Essay F. W. Newman fact Falstaff Fcap feeling flowers George Henry Lewes German GRAMMAR human Illustrations India innate power intellect inutility inverse J. G. Fichte Joseph Edkins LANGUAGE less light LL.D look matter Max Müller mean mind moral motion nature never Notes object odour ornament ourselves Percy Greg persons phenomena physiognomy Plates pleasant poem poet poetic poetry Post 8vo Post free principle Professor Published by Trübner qualities Ralph T. H. Griffith recognise RELIGION retina Royal 8vo Sanskrit Second Edition sensations sewed shape Songs star sublime suggested power things thou thought tion Translated ugly unpleasant utility vibrations viii Vocabulary W. R. Greg words
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