Beauty: Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classification of Beauty in WomanJ. & H.G. Langley, 1840 - 390 sider |
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... present work . Yet no book , even pretending to science or accuracy , has hitherto ap- peared upon it . The forms ... present work , beside giving new views of the theory of beauty , and of its application to the arts , presents an ...
... present work . Yet no book , even pretending to science or accuracy , has hitherto ap- peared upon it . The forms ... present work , beside giving new views of the theory of beauty , and of its application to the arts , presents an ...
Side 2
... presents to him only indisputable facts - one which is applicable to the subject most universally and deeply interesting to mankind , the critical judgment of female beauty , as founded on necessary functions- and one which unravels the ...
... presents to him only indisputable facts - one which is applicable to the subject most universally and deeply interesting to mankind , the critical judgment of female beauty , as founded on necessary functions- and one which unravels the ...
Side 4
... present no other dif- ference than that which is dependant upon age ... Hence , in treating of female beauty , few observa- tions occur as necessary to be made , and the study of the artist is more limited and more easy . . . It is to ...
... present no other dif- ference than that which is dependant upon age ... Hence , in treating of female beauty , few observa- tions occur as necessary to be made , and the study of the artist is more limited and more easy . . . It is to ...
Side 21
... presents peculiar modifica- tions . In this work , it is the form of woman which is chosen for examination , because it will be found , by the contrast which is perpetually necessary , to involve a knowledge of the form of man , because ...
... presents peculiar modifica- tions . In this work , it is the form of woman which is chosen for examination , because it will be found , by the contrast which is perpetually necessary , to involve a knowledge of the form of man , because ...
Side 22
... present notions of sexual decency belong more to art than to nature , and may be divided into artificial and artful decencies . Artificial decencies are illustrated in the habits of various nations . They have their origin in cold ...
... present notions of sexual decency belong more to art than to nature , and may be divided into artificial and artful decencies . Artificial decencies are illustrated in the habits of various nations . They have their origin in cold ...
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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