Art Principles with Special Reference to Painting: Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the PainterGovett, Ernest
Philosophy
Art Principles with Special Reference to Painting: Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter
Govett, Ernest
Art; Painting
Art, definition of, 1;
its mimetic character, 52;
sensorial beauty, first aim of, 72;
must deal chiefly with types, 55;
independent of social and political conditions, 4;
of psychological impulses, 8, 14;
great periods of, 8;
suggested evolution in, 7;
"Classic" and "Romantic," 278;
relation of, to nature, 55;
popular appreciation of, 74;
Grecian, cause of its decline, 10;
Italian Renaissance of, cause of its decline, 11;
limitation of sculpture and painting in, 81;
Tolstoy's definition of, 275;
ideals in (_see_ The Ideal in Art)
Artemis (_see_ Diana)
Artists, training necessary for, 25;
cause of variation in work of, 20;
reputations of great, 283;
as judges of works of art, 305
Arts (_see_ Fine Arts)
Assent, Law of General, 72 _et seq._
Associated Arts, the arts associated, 53;
first law of the, 60;
highest art in, recognized by general opinion, 77;
ideals in, 58;
cannot properly be used for moral or social purposes, 82;
their method of producing beauty, 78 _et seq._;
limitations of, 80
Athena, her representation in art, 123
Atmospheric effects, limitations in producing, 202;
exceptional phases, 202
B
Bacchus, his representation in art, 131
Barbizon School, anticipated by Dutch masters, 291;
sketches of the, of little importance, 290;
use of heavy gilt frames for works of the, 291
Beauty, definitions of, unsatisfactory, 2, 59;
alleged objectivity of, 2;
highest form of, 72;
unconnected with philosophy, 2;
first law of, in the Associated Arts, 60;
ideal, 86;
kinds of, in the arts, 4, 60, 273;
degrees of, in the arts generally, 60, in painting, 83;
sensorial (or emotional), 60, 72;
intellectual (or beauty of expression), 2, 273;
of form, 273;
of color, 228 _et seq._;
methods of producing, 78;
as the "expression of emotion," 275;
Longinus on the highest, 73;
standard of judgment of, in poetry, 77,
in sculpture, 77,
in painting, 77,
in architecture, 75,
in fiction, 77,
in landscape, 194,
in still-life, 214,
in secondary art, 219 _et seq._;
general agreement in respect of, 86
Bon Dieu d'Amiens, Ruskin on, 319;
Farrar on, 319;
corresponds with certain Greek art, 319, Plate 2
Brevity in expression, highest beauty in poetry, marked by, 65
Broad style of painting, cause of, with great artists, 21;
its limitations, 39;
advocacy of, by impressionists, 38;
as used by Rembrandt, 281;
by Hals, 336
Bronze statuettes of the Renaissance, 321 _et seq._
Byron on nature and art in respect of landscape, 345
C
Caricature, its place in art, 225
Carritt, E. F., on the result of æsthetic systems, 275
Cave men, their art, 5
Ceres (_see_ Demeter)
Chaldean Art, Illustration of, Plate 1
Character of Artists, influence of, in their work, 16
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