The Nature of the Fine Arts

academic admired admit æsthetic Alison ancient Greece andricela andricelum animals appear architecture argument Aristotle art of painting artist authority beautiful Beaux Arts blue called Cassiodorus cause connexion connoisseur criticism definition distinction doctrine effect emotion Erasmus Darwin essay explanation express eyes fact faculty feeling Fine Arts forms genius Greece Greek human idea imagination imitation instance instinctive invention kind language Laocoon latter less Liberal Arts literary theory Martianus Capella meaning mental miltus mind modern musical sounds observed opinion painter passage passion Pausanias perception perfect Phidias philosopher Plato pleasure poet poetic poetry practice present principle produce prove Quatremère de Quincy question realistic theory reason representation Romans says science of taste sculpture sensation sense sentiment Sir Joshua Reynolds spectator statuary statues substance supposed tactual Theophrastus things thought tion trompe l'œil true truth volition word writers δὲ καὶ τὸ