The science of beauty, as developed in nature and applied in art

by David Ramsay Hay

D. R. HAY.

CONTENTS.

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Introduction	[1]
The Science of Beauty, evolved from the Harmonic Law of Nature, agreeably to the Pythagorean System of Numerical Ratio	[15]
The Science of Beauty, as applied to Sounds	[28]
The Science of Beauty, as applied to Forms	[34]
The Science of Beauty, as developed in the Form of the Human Head and Countenance	[54]
The Science of Beauty, as developed in the Form of the Human Figure	[61]
The Science of Beauty, as developed in Colours	[67]
The Science of Beauty applied to the Forms and Proportions of Ancient Grecian Vases and Ornaments	[82]
Appendix, No. I.	[91]
Appendix, No. II.	[99]
Appendix, No. III.	[100]
Appendix, No. IV.	[100]
Appendix, No. V.	[104]
Appendix, No. VI.	[105]

ILLUSTRATIONS.

PLATES

I. Three Scales of the Elementary Rectilinear Figures, viz., the Scalene Triangle, the Isosceles Triangle, and the Rectangle, comprising twenty-seven varieties of each, according to the harmonic parts of the Right Angle from ¹⁄₂ to ¹⁄₁₆.

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