Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Man and His Relations: Illustrating the Influence of the Mind on the Body
General Observations - The Fine Arts and Civilization - The Magic Isles - In?uence of Ancient Greece on Rodern Ideas - Value of Personal Beauty - The Author's Ana lysis - Prevalence of false Views - Reference to Hoadley's Letters from Italy - The Conceptions of French and Italian Ladies - in?uence of the Mind on the Muscles - The History on the Wail - Expressmn as an element of Beauty - Creations of Ludovico Caracci, the Cyclops of Timanthes and the Cartoons of Raphael - Illustrations from practical Lit'e - Desolating power of the Passions - Glory of a great Character.
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