The Philosophy of Art
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Excerpt from 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.
Chapters (27)
- THE PHILOSOPHY OF ART
- H. TAINE
- PROFESSOR OF ÆSTHETICS AND OF THE HISTORY OF ART IN THE ÉCOLE DES BEAUX-ARTS, PARIS. TRANSLATED BY JOHN DURAND Second Edition, Thoroughly Revised by the Translator
- PUBLISHERS' NOTE.
- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
- CONTENTS.
- ON THE NATURE OF THE WORK OF ART.
- I.
- II.
- III.
- IV.
- V.
- VI.
- VII.
- PART II.
- ON THE PRODUCTION OF THE WORK OF ART.
- I.
- II.
- III.
- IV.
- V.
- VI.
- VII
- VIII.
- IX.
- X.
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