An edition of Essays on the nature and principles of taste (1790)

Essays on the nature and principles of taste

Volume 1

by Archibald Alison

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CONTENTS.

VOL I.

INTRODUCTION, xi

ESSAY I.

Of the Nature of the Emotions of Sublimity and Beauty.

CHAP.I. — Sect. I. Of the Effect produced upon the Imagination, by objects of Sublimity and Beauty, 3

Sect. II. The same Subject continued, 8

Sect. III. The same Subject continued, 23

CHAP. II. — Sect. I. Analysis of this Exercise of Imagination, 69

Sect. II. The same Subject continued, 81

Sect. III. The same Subject continued, 120

Conclusion, 153

ESSAY II.

Of the Sublimity and Beauty of the Material World.

CHAP. I. Introductory, 175

CHAP. II. Of the Sublimity and Beauty of Sound, 191

Sect I. Of Simple Sounds, 192

Part I. Of Miscellaneous Sounds, 192

Part II. Of the Notes of Animals, 220

Part III. Of the Tones of the Human Voice, 235

Sect. II. Of Composed Sounds, or Music, 251

CHAP. III. Of the Sublimity and Beauty of the Objects of Sight, 289

Sect. I. Of Colours, 295

CHAP. IV. Of Forms, 311

Sect. I. Of the Natural Sublimity and Beauty of Forms.

Part I. Of the Sublimity of Forms, 320

Part II. Of the Beauty of Forms, 329

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Open Library: OL25894885M
Internet Archive: EssaysOnTheNature
OCLC/WorldCat: 2767368

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Essays on the nature and principles of taste

Volume 1

by Archibald Alison