An Analytical Inquiry into the Principles of Taste (Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture)

Cambridge Library Collection
An Analytical Inquiry into the Principles of Taste (Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture)
An Analytical Inquiry into the Principles of Taste (Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture)
An Analytical Inquiry into the Principles of Taste (Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture)

Classical scholar, art collector and connoisseur Richard Payne Knight (1751-1824) took a keen interest in aesthetics and was a key figure in the debate on the picturesque. Of independent means, he journeyed across Europe, often in the company of artists. His home, Downton Castle in Herefordshire, set the fashion for crenellations. He sat in Parliament from 1780 to 1806, but beauty interested him more than politics. Following important works on aesthetics by such writers as Edmund Burke and Uvedale Price, Knight published his most successful work in 1805, cementing his reputation as an authority on matters of taste. Here he moves away from the ideas of Price and Burke, instead exploring the role of associations in the expression of aesthetic judgement. Knight's Analytical Essay on the Greek Alphabet (1791) and Inquiry into the Symbolical Language of Ancient Art and Mythology (1818) are also reissued in this series.

Publisher: Cambridge Library Collection

Published: United Kingdom, 9 June 2013

Format: Paperback, 500 pages

Age Range: 15+

Other Information: black & white illustrations

Dimensions: 21.6 x 14 x 2.8 centimeters (0.63 kg)

Writer: Richard Payne Knight

Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Of Sensation: 1. Of the sense of taste; 2. Of smell; 3. Of touch; 4. Of hearing; 5. Of sight; Part II. Of the Association of Ideas: 1. Of knowledge or improved perception; 2. Of imagination; 3. Of judgment; Part III. Of the Passions: 1. Of the sublime and pathetic; 2. Of the ridiculous; 3. Of novelty.

Promotional InformationThis influential 1805 publication contributed to the debate on the picturesque and explored the role of associations in aesthetic judgement.