The notes being voluminous I have relegated them to the end of the book, leaving the feet of the text pages for references only. Where foreign works quoted have been translated into English, the English titles are recorded, and foreign quotations are given in English, save in one or two minor instances where the sense could not be precisely rendered in translation. E. G. NEW YORK, January, 1919. CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION 1 Definitions of "Art" and "Beauty"--Æsthetic systems--The earliest Art--Art periods--The Grecian and Italian developments--National and individual "Inspiration"-- Powers of imagination and execution--Nature of "Genius"-- The Impressionist Movement--Sprezzatura--The broad manner-- Position in art of Rembrandt and Velasquez--Position of Landscape in art. _BOOK I_ CHAPTER I.--CLASSIFICATION OF THE FINE ARTS 52 The Arts imitative of Nature--Classified according to the character of their signs--Relative value of form in Poetry--Scope of the Arts in the production of beauty. II.--LAW OF RECOGNITION IN THE ASSOCIATED ARTS 59 Explanation of the Law--Its application to Poetry--To Sculpture--To Painting--To Fiction. III.--LAW OF GENERAL ASSENT 72 General opinion the test of beauty in the Associated Arts. IV.--LIMITATIONS OF THE ASSOCIATED ARTS 78 Production of beauty in the respective Arts--Their limitations. V.--DEGREES OF BEAUTY IN THE PAINTER'S ART 83 VI.--EXPRESSION. PART 1.--THE IDEAL 86 VII.--EXPRESSION. PART 2.--CHRISTIAN IDEALS 91 The Deity--Christ--The Madonna--Madonna and Child. VIII.--EXPRESSION. PART 3.--CLASSICAL IDEALS 106 Ideals of the Greeks--Use of the ancient divinities by the Painter. IX.--EXPRESSION. PART 4.--GENERAL IDEALS 135 X.--EXPRESSION. PART 5.--PORTRAITURE 141 Limitations of the Portrait Painter--Emphasis and addition of qualities in portrait painting--Practice of the ancient Greeks--Dignity--Importance of Simplicity--Some of the great masters--Portraiture of women--The English masters--The quality of Grace--The necessity for Repose. XI.--EXPRESSION. PART 6.--MISCELLANEOUS 167 Grief--The Smile--The Open Mouth--Contrasts-- Representation of Death. XII.--LANDSCAPE 192