THE THEORY OF THE ARTS.

THE

THEORY OF THE ARTS;

;

OR,

ART IN RELATION TO NATURE,

CIVILIZATION, AND MAN.

COMPRISING

An Investigation, Analytical and Critical,

INTO THE

ORIGIN, RISE, PROVINCE, PRINCIPLES, AND APPLICATION OF

EACH OF THE ARTS.

BY

GEORGE HARRIS, F.S.A.,

OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW; AUTHOR OF 'CIVILIZATION

CONSIDERED AS A SCIENCE,'

“Omnes artes, quæ ad humanitatem pertinent, habent quoddam commune vinculum, et quasi
cognatione inter se continentur."-Cicero, Orat. pro Arch. Poet.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:
TRÜBNER AND CO., 60, PATERNOSTER ROW.

1869.

PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND CO., LITTLE QUEEN STREET, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS.

CONTENTS

OF THE SECOND VOLUME.

CHAPTER IX.

COMPOSITION IN ART.

1. The principles of artistical composition

2. Arrangement and order

3. Variation of forms

4. Disposition of figures

5. Disposition of groups

6. Relation of constituents

7. Unity of subject

8. Artistical auxiliaries

9. Illustrations of the foregoing principles in each of the arts

CHAPTER X.

DESCRIPTION, NARRATION, AND ACTION IN ARTISTICAL

REPRESENTATION.

1. The principles here applicable

25

2. Method employed in different arts

27

3. Motion, how represented

30

4. Vital Action

35

5. Continuous action

36

6. Action past, present, and prospective

38

7. Unity of action

40

8. Repose

41

9. Still life

43

10. Inanimate nature .

45

11. Death

46

12. Examples in each art

52

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