The science of beauty, as developed in nature and applied in artHay, D. R. (David Ramsay)
Philosophy
The science of beauty, as developed in nature and applied in art
Hay, D. R. (David Ramsay)
Aesthetics; Nature (Aesthetics); Proportion (Art)
[13] “The Orthographic Beauty of the Parthenon,” &c.
[14] “The Orthographic Beauty of the Parthenon,” &c.
[15] Ibid.
[16] “The Harmonic Law of Nature applied to Architectural Design.”
[17] “Physio-philosophy.” By Dr Oken. Translated by Talk; and published
by the Ray Society. London, 1848.
[18] “The Science of those Proportions by which the Human Head and
Countenance, as represented in Works of ancient Greek Art, are
distinguished from those of ordinary Nature.”
[19] “The Geometric Beauty of the Human Figure Defined,” &c., and “The
Natural Principles of Beauty Developed in the Human Figure.”
[20] “The Geometric Beauty of the Human Figure Defined,” &c.
[21] “Essay on Ornamental Design,” &c., and “The Geometric Beauty of the
Human Figure,” &c.
[22] “A Nomenclature of Colours, applicable to the Arts and Natural
Sciences,” &c., &c.
[23] See pp. 24 and 25.
[24] “The Principles of Beauty in Colouring Systematised,” Fourteen
Diagrams, each containing Six Colours and Hues.
“A Nomenclature of Colours,” &c., Forty Diagrams, each containing Twelve
Examples of Colours, Hues, Tints, and Shades.
“The Laws of Harmonious Colouring,” &c., One Diagram, containing Eighteen
Colours and Hues.
[25] “Etchings Representing the Best Examples of Grecian and Roman
Architectural Ornament, drawn from the Originals,” &c. By Charles
Heathcote Tatham, Architect. London: Priestly and Weale. 1826.
[26] “The Orthographic Beauty of the Parthenon,” &c.
[27] “Science of those Proportions,” &c.
[28] Abbé Barthélémie’s “Travels of Anacharsis in Greece,” vol iv., pp.
193, 195.
[29] Abbé Barthélémie (vol. ii., pp. 168, 169), who cites as his
authorities, Cicer. De Nat. Deor., lib. i., cap. ii., t. 2, p. 405;
Justin Mart., Ovat. ad Gent., p. 10; Aristot. Metaph., lib. i., cap. v.,
t. 2, p. 845.
[30] Müller’s “Ancient Art and its Remains.”
[31] “Anacharsis’ Travels in Greece.” By the Abbé Barthélémie, vol. ii.,
p. 325.
[32] “Anacharsis’ Travels in Greece.” By the Abbé Barthélémie, vol. vi.,
p. 225. The authorities the Abbé quotes are—Quintil., lib. xii., cap. x.,
p. 744; Plin., lib. xxxv., cap. ix., p. 691.
[33] Müller’s “Archæology of Art,” &c.
Works by the Same Author.
I.
In royal 8vo, with Copperplate Illustrations, price 2s. 6d.,
THE HARMONIC LAW OF NATURE APPLIED TO ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN.
_From the Athenæum._
The beauty of the theory is its universality, and its simplicity. In
nature, the Creator accomplished his purposes by the simplest means—the
harmony of nature is indestructible and self-restoring. Mr Hay’s book on
the “Parthenon,” on the “Natural Principles of Beauty as developed in the
Human Figure,” his “Principles of Symmetrical Beauty,” his “Principles of
Colouring, and Nomenclature of Colours,” his “Science of Proportion,” and
“Essay on Ornamental Design,” we have already noticed with praise as the
results of philosophical and original thought.
_From the Daily News._
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