The book Philosophy of the Beautiful was written by author Macvicar, John Gibson, 1800-1884 Here you can read free online of Philosophy of the Beautiful book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Philosophy of the Beautiful a good or bad book?
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97 be high and square, as also the shoulders, the eyebrows and mouth must be straight, and the neck and entire form columnar, draped in a robe which hangs down in simple folds. These principles will be seen to be embodied in the Apostle of Thorwaldsen, Plate VI., and in the Head of Jupiter, Plate, VII., Figure 1. But we cannot enlarge on them here ; nor so long as we remain ignorant of the typical form of the human figure ; for the type of a specific form can never be departed from even in favo...ur of the finest general forms, without producing monstrosity, and conse- quently without displeasing in the highest degree. If from astronomical works we turn to those which treat of the kindred department of optics, we find ourselves again brought into converse, and that more frankly, with the cone, though under the name of pencil. Its sections, especially those which we have shewn to be the most important in the science of beauty, viz., the ellipse and the hyperbola, are con- stantly presenting themselves.
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