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Tables of Contents for Introductory Lectures on Aesthetics
Chapter/Section Title
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Introduction
ix
28
A Note on the Translation and Commentary
xxxvii
INTRODUCTORY LECTURES ON AESTHETICS
CHAPTER I The Range of Aesthetic Defined, and Some Objections against the Philosophy of Art Refuted
3-16
13
[(Alpha). Aesthetic confined to Beauty of Art
3
2
(Beta). Does Art merit Scientific Treatment?
5
2
(Gamma). Is Scientific Treatment appropriate to Art?
7
3
(Delta). Answer to (Beta)
10
3
(XXX). Answer to (Gamma)
13
4
CHAPTER II Methods of Science Applicable to Beauty and Art
17-26
9
[1. Empirical Method -- Art-scholarship
17
8
(a) Its Range
17
1
(b) It generates Rules and Theories
18
5
(c) The Rights of Genius
23
2
2. Abstract Reflection
25
1
3. The Philosophical Conception of Artistic Beauty, general notion of
25
2
CHAPTER III The Conception of Artistic Beauty
27-61
34
Part I--The Work of Art as Made and as Sensuous
27
19
1. Work of Art as Product of Human Activity
30
7
[(a) Conscious Production by Rule
30
1
(b) Artistic Inspiration
31
2
(c) Dignity of Production by Man
33
2
(d) Man's Need to produce Works of Art
35
2
2. Work of Art as addressed to Man's Sense
37
9
[(a) Object of Art -- Pleasant Feeling?
37
1
(b) Feeling of Beauty -- Taste
38
1
(c) Art-scholarship
39
1
(d) Profounder Consequences of Sensuous Nature of Art
40
1
(Alpha) Relations of the Sensuous to the Mind
40
1
(AlphaAlpha) Desire
41
1
(BetaBeta) Theory
42
1
(GammaGamma) Sensuous as Symbol of Spiritual
43
1
(Beta) The Sensuous Element, how Present in the Artist
44
2
(Gamma) The Content of Art Sensuous
46
1
Part II--The End of Art
46
16
3. [The Interest or End of Art
46
16
(a) Imitation of Nature?
47
4
(Alpha) Mere Repetition of Nature is -
47
1
(AlphaAlpha) Superfluous
47
1
(BetaBeta) Imperfect
47
1
(GammaGamma) Amusing merely as Sleight of Hand
48
1
(Beta) What is Good to Imitate?
49
1
(Gamma) Some Arts cannot be called Imitative
50
1
(b) Humani nihil - ?
51
1
(c) Mitigation of the Passions?
52
8
(Alpha) How Art mitigates the Passions
53
2
(Beta) How Art purifies the Passions
55
1
(AlphaAlpha) It must have a Worthy Content
55
1
(BetaBeta) But ought not to be Didactic
55
2
(GammaGamma) Nor explicitly addressed to a Moral Purpose
57
3
(d) Art has its own Purpose as Revelation of Truth
60
2
CHAPTER IV Historical Deduction of the True Idea of Art in Modern Philosophy
62-75
13
1. Kant
62
5
[(a) Pleasure in Beauty not Appetitive
64
1
(b) Pleasure in Beauty Universal
64
1
(c) The Beautiful in its Teleological Aspect
65
1
(d) Delight in the Beautiful necessary though felt
65
2
2. Schiller, Winckelmann, Schelling
67
2
3. The Irony
69
7
CHAPTER V Division of the Subject
76-97
21
[1. The Condition of Artistic Presentation is the Correspondence of Matter and Plastic Form
76
4
2. Part I--The Ideal
80
2
3. Part II--The Types of Art
82
6
(Alpha) Symbolic Art
82
2
(Beta) Classical Art
84
1
(Gamma) Romantic Art
85
3
4. Part III--The Several Arts
88
8
(Alpha) Architecture
90
1
(Beta) Sculpture
91
1
(Gamma) Romantic Art, comprising
92
1
(i) Painting
93
1
(ii) Music
94
1
(iii) Poetry
95
1
5. Conclusion
96
2
Commentary
98