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

This book reveals the history of how the vast landscape of moral philosophy was applied to the specific territories of beauty - in nature, aesthetics and ethics - during the eighteenth-century Scottish Enlightenment. The author explores a variety of sources, from academic lectures and institutional record, to popular texts such as newspapers and pa

List of contents

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;

About the author

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.

Summary

This book reveals the history of how the vast landscape of moral philosophy was applied to the specific territories of beauty - in nature, aesthetics and ethics - during the eighteenth-century Scottish Enlightenment. The author explores a variety of sources, from academic lectures and institutional record, to popular texts such as newspapers and pa

Product details

• Authors: Leslie Ellen Brown, Brown Leslie Ellen
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032923734
• ISBN: 978-1-032-92373-4
• No. of pages: 284
• Weight: 485 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > 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