ISBN: 9781154878523

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… Altro …

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 Excerpt: ...is intended to produce, move, contain or measure something, or to assist man in some practical operation or manual work. None of these instruments and-appliances exist in nature, nor are they suggested by any natural model: they are exclusively the fruit of man''s invention, and they are fashioned by his hands.('') Much has been said and written upon ideal beauty in art: but it is certain that a picture or statue, though it may not be a portrait, cannot improve upon nature.() It can only represent the best individuals, leaving out accidental defects. It may combine what is best in several, but it can never go beyond some real specimen of individual excellence, either in parts, or as a whole. If it creates something which does not exist in nature, it makes a monster. The artist may select from various subjects those feat1n''es or limbs which are most beautiful, and may form (1) Above, ch. 6. (2) Stieglitz (Gesckichte a''-er Baukunst, p. 9) says that the forms of architecture are not borrowed from anything in outward nature, but are contrived by man according to the laws of nature. (3) As to the impossibility of improving upon nature--of producing ideal forms more beautiful than the real--see Rumohr, ltalienische F0/rschungen, vol. i. p. 63. Concerning the ideal in art, see Sir Edmund Head''s preface to Kugler''s Handbook qf the German, Flemish, and Dutch Sckools qf Painting, p. xxi. sqq. them into a whole, which resembles no one original, but represents what is most excellent in many.() In combining these, he copies the forms of nature, if he desires to represent a beautiful man, or woman, or animal; but even if he combines heterogeneous parts, so as to make a monster--as a sphinx, a centaur, or a unicorn_the single elem... George Cornewall Lewis, Books, Social and Cultural Studies, A Treatise On The Methods Of Observation And Reasoning In Politics Volume 2 Books>Social and Cultural Studies The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: London, Parker; Publication date: 1852; Subjects: Political Science / General;<

ISBN: 9781154878523

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… Altro …

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 Excerpt: ...is intended to produce, move, contain or measure something, or to assist man in some practical operation or manual work. None of these instruments and-appliances exist in nature, nor are they suggested by any natural model: they are exclusively the fruit of man''s invention, and they are fashioned by his hands.('') Much has been said and written upon ideal beauty in art: but it is certain that a picture or statue, though it may not be a portrait, cannot improve upon nature.() It can only represent the best individuals, leaving out accidental defects. It may combine what is best in several, but it can never go beyond some real specimen of individual excellence, either in parts, or as a whole. If it creates something which does not exist in nature, it makes a monster. The artist may select from various subjects those feat1n''es or limbs which are most beautiful, and may form (1) Above, ch. 6. (2) Stieglitz (Gesckichte a''-er Baukunst, p. 9) says that the forms of architecture are not borrowed from anything in outward nature, but are contrived by man according to the laws of nature. (3) As to the impossibility of improving upon nature--of producing ideal forms more beautiful than the real--see Rumohr, ltalienische F0/rschungen, vol. i. p. 63. Concerning the ideal in art, see Sir Edmund Head''s preface to Kugler''s Handbook qf the German, Flemish, and Dutch Sckools qf Painting, p. xxi. sqq. them into a whole, which resembles no one original, but represents what is most excellent in many.() In combining these, he copies the forms of nature, if he desires to represent a beautiful man, or woman, or animal; but even if he combines heterogeneous parts, so as to make a monster--as a sphinx, a centaur, or a unicorn_the single elem... George Cornewall Lewis, Books, Social and Cultural Studies, A Treatise On The Methods Of Observation And Reasoning In Politics Volume 2 Books>Social and Cultural Studies, General Books LLC<

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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 344 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=19mm, Gew.=503gr, [GR: 27430 - TB/Politikwissenschaft], [SW: - Po… Altro …

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 344 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=19mm, Gew.=503gr, [GR: 27430 - TB/Politikwissenschaft], [SW: - Politics / Current Events], Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: London, Parker; Publication date: 1852; Subjects: Political Science / General; The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: London, Parker; Publication date: 1852; Subjects: Political Science / General;<