Artful Virtue: The Interplay of the Beautiful and the Good in the - Scottish Enlightenmen

Informationen zum Autor Leslie Ellen Brown is Professor Emerita of Music at Ripon College! USA. Her earliest publications were in the field of early eighteenth-century French opera! with her later work concentrating on eighteenth-century Scottish studies. Zusammenfassung During the Scottish Enlightenment the relationship between aesthetics and ethics became deeply ingrained: beauty was the sensible manifestation of virtue; the fine arts represented the actions of a virtuous mind; to deeply understand artful and natural beauty was to identify with moral beauty; and the aesthetic experience was indispensable in making value judgments. This book reveals the history of how the Scots applied the vast landscape of moral philosophy to the specific territories of beauty - in nature! aesthetics and ethics - in the eighteenth century. The author explores a wide variety of sources! from academic lectures and institutional record! to more popular texts such as newspapers and pamphlets! to show how the idea that beauty and art made individuals and society more virtuous was elevated and understood in Scottish society. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Chapter 1 The Senses; Chapter 2 Virtue; Chapter 3 Beauty; Chapter 4 Sentiment; Chapter 5 Taste; Chapter 6 Experience; Chapter 7 Cultivation; Chapter 8 Traditions; Chapter 101 Afterword;

Product details

• Authors: Leslie Ellen Brown, Brown Leslie Ellen
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.03.2015
• EAN: 9781472448484
• ISBN: 978-1-4724-4848-4
• No. of pages: 261
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, PHILOSOPHY / General, RELIGION / General, The arts: general issues, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, HISTORY / World, Philosophy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, HISTORY / Historiography, History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Religion: general, General & world history, c 1500 onwards to present day, Historiography, History of Art, Archaeology, Language: reference & general, Literary studies: general, Language: reference and general, baroque, Art & design styles: Baroque, General and world history, History and Archaeology, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, The arts: general topics, ART / History / European / Baroque & Rococo