The Philosophy of Art

The Philosophy of Art

The now famous name of Taine was first introduced to the American public by the issue, in 1865, of a small imported edition of this work. That edition has long been out of print here and in Europe. That the book is now re-issued may be subject of special satisfaction to those who already possess the Author's "Ideal in Art" "Art in the Netherlands" and "Art in Greece" as this work (now published in a style uniform with others named) is properly the forerunner of them all; containing, as it does, the principles laid down in the Author's first course of lectures, and constantly referred to in the later courses which now form the books before alluded to. The translation herewith presented to the reader consists of a course of Lectures delivered during the winter of 1864, before the Students of Art of the cole des Beaux Arts at Paris, by H. Taine, Professeur d'Esthtique et d' Histoire de l'Art in that institution. These lectures, as a system of sthetics, consist of an application of the experimental method to art, in the same manner as it is applied to the sciences. Whatever utility the system possesses is due to this principle. The author undertakes to explain art by social influences and other causes; humanity at different times and places, climate, and other conditions, furnish the facts on which the theory rests. The artistic development of any age or people is made intelligible through a series of historical inductions terminating in a few inferential laws, constituting what the title of the book declares it to bethe philosophy of art. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 52980
Author: Taine, Hippolyte
Release Date: Sep 4, 2016
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Translator: Durand, John, 1822-1908