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The Analysis of Beauty / Written with a view of fixing the fluctuating ideas of taste

Chapters (18)
  1. ANALYSIS: OF: BEAUTY. TASTE. BY WILLIAM HOGARTH. 0:00
  2. Of fitness. 39:39
  3. Of Variety. 43:17
  4. Of Uniformity, Regularity, or Symmetry. 45:09
  5. Of Simplicity, or Distinctness. 49:08
  6. Of Intricacy. 53:05
  7. Of Quantity. 59:49
  8. Of Lines. 1:10:13
  9. Of what sort of Parts, and how pleasing Forms are composed. 1:13:22
  10. Of Composition with the Waving-Line. 1:26:21
  11. Of Compositions with the Serpentine-Line. 1:29:20
  12. Of Proportion. 1:51:33
  13. Of Light and Shade, and the manner in which objects are explained to the eye by them. 2:25:23
  14. Of Composition with regard to Light, Shade and Colours. 2:41:59
  15. Of Colouring. 2:51:00
  16. Of the Face. 3:01:20
  17. Of Attitude. 3:18:35
  18. Of Action. 3:22:44
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Narrator
Arthur — English RP Narrator (en-GB)
Length
3 hr 44 min
Language
English
Added
October 27, 2026
Source ebook
Project Gutenberg