Beauty: Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classification of Beauty in WomanJ. & H.G. Langley, 1840 - 390 sider |
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Side xiv
... portions , save in some cold system of an absurd philosophy , and are only fit for judgment in things either too abstract for the mass of men , or too decidedly " earthy " to be wor- thy the attention of beings made for a better sphere ...
... portions , save in some cold system of an absurd philosophy , and are only fit for judgment in things either too abstract for the mass of men , or too decidedly " earthy " to be wor- thy the attention of beings made for a better sphere ...
Side 48
... portion as they show objects to be perfect in their kind . The dimensions of a beautiful horse are very different from those of a beautiful lapdog ; and those of a beautiful oak from those of a beau- tiful myrtle ; because , nature has ...
... portion as they show objects to be perfect in their kind . The dimensions of a beautiful horse are very different from those of a beautiful lapdog ; and those of a beautiful oak from those of a beau- tiful myrtle ; because , nature has ...
Side 54
... been mixed with no small portion of terror : but I do not believe that the united effects of these two powerful passions would have produced any senti- ment or sensation approaching to sublime , even in the 54 NATURE OF BEAUTY .
... been mixed with no small portion of terror : but I do not believe that the united effects of these two powerful passions would have produced any senti- ment or sensation approaching to sublime , even in the 54 NATURE OF BEAUTY .
Side 76
... portions succes- sively ; and a number of impressions in succession , which cannot unite because not simultaneous , never touch the mind like one entire impression made as it were at one stroke . " A square is less beautiful than a ...
... portions succes- sively ; and a number of impressions in succession , which cannot unite because not simultaneous , never touch the mind like one entire impression made as it were at one stroke . " A square is less beautiful than a ...
Side 89
... portion of these tubes , moreover , and every super- added ring , is less than that which preceded it . It is from this that results the first characteristic of this second kind of beauty , namely , fineness or delicacy . Hence , Burke ...
... portion of these tubes , moreover , and every super- added ring , is less than that which preceded it . It is from this that results the first characteristic of this second kind of beauty , namely , fineness or delicacy . Hence , Burke ...
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abdomen action admiration agreeable ancient animals appear artists beauty in woman body brain Burke cause cerebrum CHAPTER character clavicles Cnidos color consequently considered constitute countenance degree delicacy delicate effect elements of beauty emotion excite expression external face facial angle farther feeling female figure five temperaments forehead functions grace greater Greeks hair head Hence human human voice idea ideal imagination indicated individual influence intellectual kind of beauty less libertinism limbs locomotive system male mammæ ment mental mind mons veneris moral motion muscles muscular nature ness nose novelty nutritive objects observed passions peculiar pelvis perfect person physiognomy pleasure possess Praxiteles present principles proportion puberty qualities reason regard relation remarkable render respect says sensation sensibility skin soft species of beauty sublime taste temperament thinking tion trunk variety Venus Venus de Medici viscera vital system Vitruvius Winckelmann women writer