Chapter PROLEGOMENA.

CHAPTER I.

PROLEGOMENA. PAGE The phenomena of destruction and combination in Nature--The difference between the sublime and beautiful--Without man no beauty--Science, industry, and art--The utilitarian principle--Choice--The realistic, historical, and critical points of view in art--Crystallisations and their elements --Symmetry and eurythmy--Proportion, action, and expression --Man is the symbol of earthly perfection 1

Chapter ETHNOLOGY IN ITS BEARING ON ART.

CHAPTER II.

ETHNOLOGY IN ITS BEARING ON ART.

The Negro, the Turanian, and the Aryan: their characteristics, facial angle, amount of brain, and artistic capacities-- Space and time--Art treated historically--Pottery in its development--Generalisation and its advantage 22