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Imagination All Compact:

Understanding the Arts
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Taylor & Francis, 1967 - Form (Aesthetics) - 208 pages
  

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Contents

Preface page
9
Introduction
11
Art as Imitation
18
Art as Imagination
31
Subjectmatter
46
Form
57
Form Particularised
68
Music
73
Abstraction
118
Positive and Negative
126
Emotion Intellect Inspiration Technique
128
Classical and Romantic
133
Tradition and Originality
137
Poetry and Prose
143
Tragedy and Comedy
148
The Nature of Art
156

Painting and Sculpture
85
Literature
91
The Artist Imagined
97
Symbolism and Abstraction
108
Poems and Passages Referred to in the Text
171
Bibliography
203
Index
205
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Imagination All Compact: Understanding the Arts
Imagination All Compact: Understanding the Arts
A. N. W. Saunders
Limited preview - 1967

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TitleImagination All Compact: Understanding the Arts
Methuen's general studies books
AuthorA. N. W. Saunders
PublisherTaylor & Francis, 1967
Length208 pages
  
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